2002, ISBN: 9781402099588

Does multiculturalism â??workâ??? Does multiculturalism policy create social cohesion, or undermine it? Multiculturalism was introduced in Canada in the 1970s and widely adopted internati… Meer...

Does multiculturalism â??workâ??? Does multiculturalism policy create social cohesion, or undermine it? Multiculturalism was introduced in Canada in the 1970s and widely adopted internationally, but more recently has been hotly debated, amid new concerns about social, cultural, and political impacts of immigration. Advocates praise multiculturalism for its emphasis on special recognition for cultural minorities as facilitating their social integration, while opponents charge that multiculturalism threatens social cohesion by encouraging social isolation. Multiculturalism is thus rooted in a theory of human behaviour, and this book examines the empirical validity of some of its basic propositions, focusing on Canada as the country for which the most enthusiastic claims for multiculturalism have been made. The analysis draws on the massive national Ethnic Diversity Survey of over 41,000 Canadians in 2002, the most extensive survey yet conducted on this question. The analysis provides a new and more nuanced understanding of the complex relation between multiculturalism and social cohesion, challenging uncritically optimistic or pessimistic views. Ethnic community ties facilitate some aspects of social integration, while discouraging others. For racial minorities, relations within and outside minority communities are greatly complicated by more frequent experiences of discrimination and inequality, slowing processes of social integration. Implications for multicultural policies emphasize that race relations present important challenges across Quebec and the rest of Canada, including for the new religious minorities, and that ethnic community development requires more explicit support for social integration. Books > Social Sciences eBook, Springer Shop<

ISBN: 9781402099588

Social Sciences; Anthropology; Sociology, general; Psychology, general; Population Economics; Social Sciences, general Discrimination, Ethnic Diversity, Ethnic Identity, Ethnicity, Migrat… Meer...

Social Sciences; Anthropology; Sociology, general; Psychology, general; Population Economics; Social Sciences, general Discrimination, Ethnic Diversity, Ethnic Identity, Ethnicity, Migration, Minorities, Minority Communities, Multiculturalism, Policy, Race relations, Religion, Social, Social Cohesion, Social Integration, integration Books eBook, Springer Nature<

ISBN: 9781402099588

This book examines the empirical validity of some of multiculturalism's basic propositions. It focuses on Canada as the country for which the most enthusiastic claims for multiculturalism… Meer...

This book examines the empirical validity of some of multiculturalism's basic propositions. It focuses on Canada as the country for which the most enthusiastic claims for multiculturalism have been made, and uses a national survey to explore its topic.; EPUB; Reference & Languages > Society & culture: general > Social groups > Ethnic studies, Transworld<

2009, ISBN: 9781402099588

Potentials and Challenges of Diversity, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), 2009, [PU: Springer Netherland], Springer Netherland, 2009

2009, ISBN: 9781402099588

Potentials and Challenges of Diversity, 2009, eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: Springer Netherland]