Ethnicity, Politics, and Public Policy : : Case Studies in Canadian Diversity / / ed. by Harold Troper, Morton Weinfeld.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Azmi, Shaheen,; Bortolussi, Diva,; Couton, Philippe,; Haines, Rebecca J.,; Levine, Alissa,; Lewinberg, Adam,; Soberman, Liane,; Troper, Harold,; Weinfeld, Morton,
• HerausgeberIn: Troper, Harold,; Weinfeld, Morton,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

Canada has become a nation in which ethnic pluralism must be balanced with national unity. Focusing on information derived from case studies - documents, interviews, and participant observation - the ten essays in this collection introduce the reader to specific problems that arise in an ethnically diverse society.The various essay address a wide range of issues. Original research into visible minority police, Haitian teachers in Quebec schools, and the matching of worker and patient/client ethnicities within health and social services sheds light on the complex situations faced in an increasingly pluralistic society. The intersection (or absence) of ethnic polities and ethnic political representation is also examined. An essay presenting the heterogeneous nature of the Canadian Hip-Hop scene counters reductive stereotypes, while studies of female genital operations and wife abuse in Muslim culture suggest ways of understanding traditions that radically break with the social norms of a liberal-democratic society in order to create and implement policy.This richly textured volume offers a comprehensive illustration of the problems and prospects of pluralism, effectively mirroring the diversity of the issues that arise when theories and goals of cultural sensitivity confront current Canadian realities.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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 Blue7: The Challenges 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