Selling Diversity - Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity, and Globalization

Informationen zum Autor Yasmeen Abu-Laban is the Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights and a professor of political science at the University of Alberta. Klappentext Using gender, race/ethnicity, and class lenses to frame their analysis, the authors review Canadian immigration, multiculturalism, and employment equity policies, including their different historical origins, to illustrate how a preference for selling diversity has emerged in the last decade. Zusammenfassung Using gender! race/ethnicity! and class lenses to frame their analysis! the authors review Canadian immigration! multiculturalism! and employment equity policies! including their different historical origins! to illustrate how a preference for selling diversity has emerged in the last decade. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Chapter One: Diversity, Globalization and Public Policy in Canada Chapter Two: Immigration and Canadian Citizenship Chapter Three: Contemporary Directions: Immigration and Citizenship Policy 1993-2001 Chapter Four: Multiculturalism and Nation-Building Chapter Five: Employment Equity Chapter Six: Conclusion: Selling (Out) Diversity in an Age of Globalization Selected Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Yasmeen Gabriel Abu-Laban, Christina Gabriel, Not Available (NA)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2002
• EAN: 9781442600720
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-0072-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Soziale Diskriminierung und Gleichbehandlung, Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung, Soziale Mobilität, Soziale Schichten