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Informationen zum Autor Rick Helmes-Hayes is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Waterloo. James Curtis is Professor of Sociology at the Unviersity of Waterloo. Klappentext When THE VERTICAL MOSAIC first appeared in 1965, it became an instant classic. Its key message being that Canada was not the classless democracy it fancied itself to be. This collection of papers by five of Canada's top sociologists subjects John Porter's landmark study to renewed scrutiny and traces the dramatic changes since Porter's time--both in Canadian society and in the agenda of Canadian sociology. Zusammenfassung This collection of papers by five of Canada's top sociologists subjects John Porter's landmark study to renewed scrutiny and traces the dramatic changes since Porter's time - both in Canadian society and in the agenda of Canadian sociology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Power! ethnicity! and class: reflections thirty years after The vertical mosa / Wallace Clement -- Ethnicity and race in social organization: recent developments in Canadian society / Raymond Breton -- Missing women: a femini perspective on The vertical mosaic / Pat Armstrong -- Three decades of elite research in Canada: John Porter's unfulfilled legacy / Michael Ornstein -- Social justice! social citizenship! and the welfare state! 1965-1995: Canada comparative context / Julia S. O'Connor.
