Ethnic relations in Canada : institutional dynamics / Raymond Breton ; edited and with an introduction by Jeffrey G. Reitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breton, Raymond.

Contributor:

Reitz, Jeffrey G.

Series:

McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History ; 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity--Canada.

Ethnicity.

Canada--Ethnic relations.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 398 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The introduction by Jeffrey Reitz focuses on the evolution of Breton's distinctive institutional framework, which both extends and in some ways alters John Porter's classic analysis in The Vertical Mosaic. Reitz shows how Breton's original concept of "institutional completeness" has been extended to provide a comprehensive framework for the institutional analysis of inter-ethnic relations, creating a unified theoretical structure that has reshaped the study of inter-ethnic relations in Canada and points toward a future research agenda.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Raymond Breton’s Institutional Analysis of Ethnic Relations in Canada

Ethnicity and Canadian Society: General Processes

Types of Ethnic Relations: Segmentation and Heterogeneity

Implications for Ethnic Inequality and Conflict

Economic and Instrumental Aspects of Ethnic Inequality

Symbolic Resources and Status Inequality

French-English Relations in Canada Ethnic Segmentation

Social History of French-English Relations in Canada

From Ethnic to Civic Nationalism in English Canada and Quebec

The Independentist Movement and Terrorism in Quebec in the 1970s

Relation between Linguistic and Regional Cleavages in Canada

Symbolism and Constitutional Change: The Meech Lake Confrontation

Immiqrant Communities in Canada: Ethnic Heterogeneity

The Institutional Completeness of Immigrant Ethnic Communities

Immigrant Ethnic Groups and Social Incorporation

The Ethnic Community as a Polity

Ethnic Organizations and Political Action: An Analysis of Public Opinion

Social Origins of Multiculturalism in Canada

Ethnicity and Change in Canada

Chronology

Bibliography of Publications

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86376-2

9786612863769

0-7735-7315-1

OCLC:

923232854