Table of Contents
Introduction: Ethnic Diversity in the Global Society
- Basic Questions and Approach
1. The Meaning of Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations
- Towards a Definition of Ethnic Group
- Ethnic Group Defined
- Race
- Types of Ethnic Groups
- Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Ethnicity
- General Theories of Ethnicity
- Intergroup Relations: Conceptual Framework
- Mechanisms of Interethnic Relations
2. Contemporary Ethnic Relations
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Canada as a Modern Post-Industrial Society
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Salient Historical Features of the Canadian Social Structure
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Ethnic Composition of Canadian Population
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Conclusion
3. International Migration
- Types of International Migration
- Permanent Migration
- Temporary-Stay Migration
- Periodic Migration
- Structure of Relationship between Migrant and Established Groups
4. Immigration to Canada
- Stages of Settlement and Immigration in Canada
- Since 1968: The “Merit Point System”
- Conclusion: An “Honourable Host-Newcomer Agreement”
- Problems of Immigrant Adjustment
- Conclusion
5. The Incorporation of Ethnic Groups
- Ethnic Stratification as Differential Social Incorporation
- Determinants of Ethnic Status
- Ethnic Status Determinants Derived from the Majority Ethnic Group
- Ethnic Status Determinants Derived from the State of the Economy and Polity: Availability of Opportunities
- Ethnic Status Determinants Derived from the Ethnic Minority Communities
- Ethnic Community Internal Stratification
- Measurement of Ethnic Stratification
- Measurement of the Subjective Aspects of Ethnic Stratification
- The Problem of a Unified Measure of Ethnic Stratification
- Ethnic Stratification: Social-Psychological Mechanisms of Perpetuation
- Conclusion
6. Prejudice and Racism
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Stereotypes
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Attitudes of Likes and Dislikes, Trust and Mistrust: Social Distance
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Ideological Prejudice: Racism
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Prejudice, Ethnicity and Gender
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Prejudice and Discrimination
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Institutional Racism
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Theories of Prejudice
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Effects of Prejudice
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Eliminating Prejudice
7. Cultural and Identity Incorporation
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Inculturation (Cultural Assimilation)
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Stages of Social Incorporation Process
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Factors Hastening or Retarding Social Incorporation
8. Ethnic Identity Retention
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Studies of Ethnic Identity Retention
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Selective Ethnic Identity Construction; Generations: Conflict and Forms of Identity
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Factors of Ethnic Identity Retention
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Ethnic Identity and Social Change
9. Interethnic Relations
- Ethnic Groups and Social Mobility
- Ethnic Organizations and Leadership
- The Politics of Interethnic Relations
- Quebec in Question
- Aboriginal Peoples in Change
10. Ethnic Diversity and Societal Integration
- Ethnic Diversity and the State
- Human Rights Legislation in Canada
- Public Policies and Societal Integration
- The Policy of Multiculturalism
- Symbolic Content of Societal Integration
- Towards Key Principles of Inter-ethnic Cooperation and Conflict Resolution