Ethnicity, Politics, and Public Policy: Case Studies in Canadian Diversity
Ten essays on multiculturalism form a comprehensive picture of the problems and prospects of pluralism and mirror the nuanced issues which arise when theories and goals of cultural sensitivity confront real life.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto
University of Toronto Press
1999
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| In: | Year: 1999 |
| Reviews: | Neusner, J.: Christian Faith and the Bible of Judaism: The Judaic Encounter with Scripture, Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 1987. Pp. xviii + 205. Paper 12.95. ISBN 0 80208 0278 8 (1990)
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Cultural pluralism ; Canada ; Case studies
B Canada ; Ethnic relations ; Case studies B Ethnicity ; Canada ; Case studies B Ethnic attitudes ; Canada ; Case studies B Electronic books B Ethnic attitudes - Canada B Multiculturalism ; Canada ; Case studies |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780802080271 |
| Summary: | Ten essays on multiculturalism form a comprehensive picture of the problems and prospects of pluralism and mirror the nuanced issues which arise when theories and goals of cultural sensitivity confront real life. Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Part One: Cultural Diversity and Societal Responses -- 1 Diversity in Canada -- 2 Female Genital Operations: Canadian Realities, Concerns, and Policy Recommendations -- 3 Break North: Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture in Canada -- Part Two: Ethnic Match and Minority Origin Professionals -- 4 'You Show Up, You're Blue': The Challenge Facing Visible Minority Police Officers -- 5 The Challenge of Ethnic Match: Minority Origin Professionals in Health and Social Services -- 6 The Role of Minority Educators: Haitian Teachers in Quebec Schools -- 7 Wife Abuse and Ideological Competition in the Muslim Community of Toronto -- Part Three: Ethnicity, Race, and Politics -- 8 Black Insiders, the Black Polity, and the Ontario NDP Government, 1990-1995 -- 9 The Canadian Jewish Polity and the Limits of Political Action: The Campaigns on Behalf of Soviet and Syrian Jews -- 10 Immigration and the Canadian Federal Election of 1993: The Press as a Political Educator -- EPILOGUE: EXPANDING THE RESEARCH AGENDA -- CONTRIBUTORS. |
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| ISBN: | 1442674679 |