The Vertical Mosaic : An Analysis of Social Class and Power in Canada, 50th Anniversary Edition / John Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, John, 1921-1979, author.

Contributor:

Clement, Wallace, Contributor.

Helmes-Hayes, Rick, Contributor.

Jedwab, Jack, Contributor.

Satzewich, Vic, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--Canada.

Social classes.

Power (Social sciences)--Canada.

Power (Social sciences).

Canada--Social conditions.

Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (679 p.)

Edition:

50th anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Porter's landmark study of social and ethnic inequality, The Vertical Mosaic, became an instant classic when it was first published in 1965. A national best seller that sold more than 100,000 copies, the book was the first major study of Canada's class structure and one of the foundational texts in Canadian sociology. Sociologist Irving Louis Horowitz described it as "the sociological study of present-day Canada."Fifty years later, the book retains vast significance both for its powerful critique of social exclusivity in a country that prides itself on equality and diversity and for its influence on generations of sociological researchers. The 50th Anniversary Edition features new material which contextualizes the legacy of this important book: a foreword by Porter's colleague, Wallace Clement, and his biographer, Rick Helmes-Hayes, and a new introductory essay by historian Jack Jedwab and sociologist Vic Satzewich.

Contents:

PART I: THE STRUCTURE OF CLASS: I. Class and Power: The Major Themes; II. Class, Mobility, and Migration; III. Ethnicity and Social Class; IV. Classes and Incomes; V. Rural Decline and New Urban Strata; VI. Social Class and Educational Opportunity PART II: THE STRUCTURE OF POWER: VII. Elites and the Structure of Power; VIII. The Concentration of Economic Power; IX. The Economic Elite and Social Structure; X. The Structure of Organized Labour; XI. The Labour Elite; XII. The Canadian Political System; XIII. The Political Elite; XIV. The Federal Bureaucracy; XV. The Ideological System: The Mass Media; XVI. The Ideological System: The Higher Learning and the Clergy; XVII. Relations between Elites; APPENDIXES

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Okt 2018)

Reprint of: The vertical mosaic : an analysis of social class and power in Canada / John Porter. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1965.

ISBN:

1-4426-2430-2

1-4426-2429-9

OCLC:

953655435