
Ethnicity and Human Rights in Canada
Evelyn Kallen(Author)
Oxford University Press, Canada
3rd Edition
Published on 8. July 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-19-543833-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines key issues surrounding ethnicity and human rights in our country. It asks: How do we account for the persistence of racism in the face of increasing legal protection for human rights?
Kallen's classic study reveals the ways in which human rights violations, by way of discrimination on the bases of race and ethnicity, create and sustain the marginalized status of diverse racial and ethnic groups in Canada. Minority rights issues central to the concerns of Canada's three major ethnic constituencies are examined: Aboriginal peoples, Franco-Quebecois, and racial and ethnic immigrant groups. Other central issues - gender, religious symbolism, and the mosaic versus the melting pot - are also considered.
In ten chapters the author leads the reader through the pressures that flow from Canada's international human rights obligations, new patterns of immigration and ethnic structure, and the politicization of ethnicity. Racism, ethnicity, ethnic identity, social stratification, human rights violations, and the social construction of ethnic and other minorities are examined, as are the vertical ethnic mosaic and the Canadian system of ethnic stratification. Ethnic integration including models, policies, and realities are well articulated, as are minority protest movements.
The approach of the book is unique and worth articulation. One reviewer called Kallen's approach "a blended sociological, legal, and policy perspective."
Kallen's classic study reveals the ways in which human rights violations, by way of discrimination on the bases of race and ethnicity, create and sustain the marginalized status of diverse racial and ethnic groups in Canada. Minority rights issues central to the concerns of Canada's three major ethnic constituencies are examined: Aboriginal peoples, Franco-Quebecois, and racial and ethnic immigrant groups. Other central issues - gender, religious symbolism, and the mosaic versus the melting pot - are also considered.
In ten chapters the author leads the reader through the pressures that flow from Canada's international human rights obligations, new patterns of immigration and ethnic structure, and the politicization of ethnicity. Racism, ethnicity, ethnic identity, social stratification, human rights violations, and the social construction of ethnic and other minorities are examined, as are the vertical ethnic mosaic and the Canadian system of ethnic stratification. Ethnic integration including models, policies, and realities are well articulated, as are minority protest movements.
The approach of the book is unique and worth articulation. One reviewer called Kallen's approach "a blended sociological, legal, and policy perspective."
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Series
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
8 tables and 19 boxes
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-543833-8 (9780195438338)
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Evelyn Kallen
Ethnicity and Human Rights in Canada
Book
01/1995
2nd Edition
Oxford University Press, Canada
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Person
Evelyn Kallen is Emeritus Professor and Senior Scholar, York University, Faculty of Arts. She received her BA from the University of Toronto (General Studies, 1950), her MA from U of T in Child Studies (1953), and her PhD in Social Anthropology in 1969, also from U of T. She has been prolific throughout her 30-year career, primarily focussing on ethnicity, racism, ethnic identity, human rights, and public policy.
In recognition of her scholarly contributions to the area of minority rights, in 1989 Dr. Kallen was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In the same year, Dr. Kallen was appointed to the position of honorary Chair in Human Rights at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa, 1989-90.
In recognition of her scholarly contributions to the area of minority rights, in 1989 Dr. Kallen was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In the same year, Dr. Kallen was appointed to the position of honorary Chair in Human Rights at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa, 1989-90.
Content
Foreword to the Wynford Edition ; Introduction: Conceptualizing the Human Rights Approach ; 1. Human Unity and Cultural Diversity ; 2. The Anatomy of Racism ; 3. Social Stratification ; 4. The Vertical Ethnic Mosaic ; 5. Ethnicity, Ethno-cultural Distinctiveness and Collective Rights Claims ; 6. Ethnic Integration and Human Rights ; 7. Minority Protest Movements ; 8. The Legal Framework for Protection of Minority Rights in Canada ; Glossary of Key Concepts ; Endnotes ; Annotated Recommended Readings ; Bibliography and Web Site References ; Index