Includes bibliographical references.

"What does it mean to be Canadian? How important are ties to one's own ethnic group? Do races really exist? Is assimilation linked to economic well-being? How does racism show itself in Canadian society?

These are all questions that perspectives on Ethnicity in Canada: A Reader will prompt students to ask of themselves and of other Canadians. Articles on theory will give students the background to better understand the concepts of race and ethnicity. Census data will reveal how Canadians really view themselves. Current research will explore the insidious nature of prejudice and discrimination.

There are no easy answer; however, avenues do exist for the advancement of ethnic relations in Canada. Perspectives on Ethnicity in Canada: A Reader is a step in the right direction.'' (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

PART I - ETHNICITY: A MATTER OF DEFINITION AND THEORY
01. Explaining Canada's Ethnic Landscape: A Theoretical Model / Alan B. Anderson and James S. Frideres
02. Does "Race" Matter? Transatlantic Perspectives on Racism after "Race Relations" / Robert Miles and Rudy Torres
03. Social Networks and Institutional Completeness: From Territory to Ties / S. Goldenberg and Valerie A. Haines
04. Conceptualizing Gender, Race and Ethnicity as a Field of Study / Edit Petrovic

PART II - THE CHANGING MOSAIC
05. Ethnic Diversity: Canada's Changing Cultural Mosaic / Warren E. Kalbach
06. Patterns of Ethnic Identification and the "Canadian Response" / Ravi Pendakur and Fernando Mata
07. Ethnic and Civic Self-Identity in Canada: Analyses of 1974 and 1991 National Surveys / Rudolph Kalin and John W. Berry

PART III - ETHNIC PERSISTENCE AND INTEGRATION
08. Ethnicity and the Altar /
Madeline Kalbach 09. Residential Segregation and Canada's Ethnic Groups /
T.R. Balakrishnan 10. Ethnicity and Immigrant Offspring /
Monica Boyd 11. Ownership and Management Position of Canadian Ethnic Groups in 1973 and 1989 /
M. Reza Nakhaie 12. The Importance of Ethnic-Connectedness for Canada's Post-War Immigrants /
Madeline A. Kalbach and Warren E. Kalbach

PART IV - POWER AND INEQUALITY
13. Revelation and Revolution: Fault Lines in Aboriginal-White Relations / J. Frideres
14. Income Inequality in Canada: A "Racial Divide" / Ellen M. Gee and Steven G. Prus
15. Changing Forms of Nation-ness in the Canadian Context: The Quebec Case / Danielle Juteau
16. The Warped Looking Glass: How Minorities Perceive Themselves, Believe They are Perceived, and are Actually Perceived by Majority Group Members in Quebec, Canada / Fathali M. Moghaddam, Donald M. Taylor, Peggy Tchoryk Pelletier, and Marc Shepanek

PART V - PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION
17. The Theory and Practice of Democratic Racism in Canada /
Frances Henry and Carol Tator 18. Resisting Professional Exclusion and Marginality in Nursing: Women of Colour in Ontario /
Agnes Calliste 19. Global Apartheid: Migration, Racism, and the World System /
Anthony H. Richmond 20. Mosaic Madness: Conclusion /
Reginald W. Bibby

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