Unequal relations : a critical introduction to race, ethnic, and Aboriginal dynamics in Canada

Fleras, Augie 1947- (author.).

Summary: "Unequal Relations: A Critical Introduction to Race, Ethnic, and Aboriginal Dynamics in Canada" is a text for Race and Ethnicity courses in Canada, and it includes comprehensive coverage of racism, multiculturalism and diversity. This edition has been updated to remain current, and to include new sub-topics important to the discipline, including explicit discussion of the importance of immigration to Canada and its role in national building; older waves of immigration; and shifting attitudes of normalized immigrant groups.

Record details

ISBN: 9780133761788 (paperback)
ISBN: 0133761789
Physical Description: print
xiii, 434 pages ; 24 cm.
Edition: Eighth Canadian edition.
Publisher: Toronto : Pearson Canada Inc., c2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-423) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part One. Conceptualizing the politics of race, ethnic, and Aboriginal relations -- Race, ethnic, and Aboriginal relations : patterns, paradoxes, perspectives -- The politics of race -- Racisms and anti-racism -- Ethnicity matters : politics, conflicts and experiences -- Racialized inequality -- Gender minorities, gendered exclusions -- Part Two. Diversities and difference in multicultural Canada : peoples, migrants, and minorities -- Aboriginal peoples in Canada : repairing the relationship -- Immigrants and Immigration -- Multiculturalism as Canada-building governance -- This adventure called Canada-building.