Ethnicity and Human Rights in Canada |
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| Author:
| Kallen, Evelyn |
| Series title: | Wynford Bks. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-543833-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionKallen'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.