
Selling Diversity
Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity, and Globalization
University of Toronto Press
Will be published approx. on 1. September 2002
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Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-4426-0072-0 (ISBN)
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Description
Since the 1990s, Canadian policy prescriptions for immigration, multiculturalism, and employment equity have equated globalization with global markets. This interpretation has transformed men and women of various ethnic backgrounds into trade-enhancing commodities who must justify their skills and talents in the language of business. This particular neo-liberal reading of globalization and public policy has resulted in a trend the authors call selling diversity.
Using gender, race/ethnicity, and class lenses to frame their analysis, the authors review Canadian immigration, multiculturalism, and employment equity policies, including their different historical origins, to illustrate how a preference for selling diversity has emerged in the last decade. In the process they suggest that a commitment to enhance justice in a diverse society and world has been muted. Yet, neo-liberalism is not the only or inevitable option in this era of globalization, and Canadians are engaging in transnational struggles for rights and equality and thereby increasing the interconnectedness between peoples across the globe. Consequently, the emphasis on selling diversity might be challenged.
Using gender, race/ethnicity, and class lenses to frame their analysis, the authors review Canadian immigration, multiculturalism, and employment equity policies, including their different historical origins, to illustrate how a preference for selling diversity has emerged in the last decade. In the process they suggest that a commitment to enhance justice in a diverse society and world has been muted. Yet, neo-liberalism is not the only or inevitable option in this era of globalization, and Canadians are engaging in transnational struggles for rights and equality and thereby increasing the interconnectedness between peoples across the globe. Consequently, the emphasis on selling diversity might be challenged.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
299 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-0072-0 (9781442600720)
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Yasmeen Abu-Laban | Christina Gabriel
Selling Diversity
Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity, and Globalization
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09/2002
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Yasmeen Abu-Laban | Christina Gabriel
Selling Diversity
Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity, and Globalization
Book
09/2002
2nd Edition
Broadview Press Ltd
€44.75
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Persons
Yasmeen Abu-Laban is the Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights and a professor of political science at the University of Alberta.
Christina Gabriel is a professor of political science at Carleton University.
Christina Gabriel is a professor of political science at Carleton University.
Content
Acknowledgements
Chapter One:
Diversity, Globalization and Public Policy in Canada
Chapter Two:
Immigration and Canadian Citizenship
Chapter Three:
Contemporary Directions:
Immigration and Citizenship Policy 1993-2001
Chapter Four:
Multiculturalism and Nation-Building
Chapter Five:
Employment Equity
Chapter Six:
Conclusion: Selling (Out) Diversity in an Age of Globalization
Selected Bibliography
Index
Chapter One:
Diversity, Globalization and Public Policy in Canada
Chapter Two:
Immigration and Canadian Citizenship
Chapter Three:
Contemporary Directions:
Immigration and Citizenship Policy 1993-2001
Chapter Four:
Multiculturalism and Nation-Building
Chapter Five:
Employment Equity
Chapter Six:
Conclusion: Selling (Out) Diversity in an Age of Globalization
Selected Bibliography
Index