(Ebook) Multiculturalism Question Debating Identity in 21st Century Canada Edition by Jack Jedwab ISBN 9781553394242 1553394240

(Ebook) Multiculturalism Question Debating Identity in 21st Century Canada Edition by Jack Jedwab ISBN 9781553394242 1553394240

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ISBN 10:  1553394240

ISBN 13: 9781553394242

Author:  Jack Jedwab

Canada's policy of multiculturalism has been the object of ongoing debate since it was first introduced in 1971. Decades later, Canadians still seem uncertain about the meaning of multiculturalism. Detractors insist that government has not succeeded in discouraging immigrants and their descendants from preserving their cultures of origin, undercutting a necessary identification with Canada, while supporters argue that immigrant groups' abilities to influence their adjustments to Canada has strengthened their sense of belonging. Beyond what often seems to be a polarized debate is a broad spectrum of opinion around multiculturalism in Canada and what it means to be Canadian. The Multiculturalism Question analyzes the policy, ideology, and message of multiculturalism. Several of Canada's leading thinkers provide valuable insights into a crucial debate that will inevitably continue well into the future.

Table of contents: 

1. Government Policy and National Identity

• "The Government of Canada’s Multiculturalism Program: Key to Canada’s Inclusion Reflex?"

• "Multiculturalism in the 1990s: The Smallest Common Denominator in Defining Canadian National Identity"

  These likely analyze the federal government's official multiculturalism program as a tool for national unity or identity formation, particularly during the 1990s.

2. Critiques and Alternative Interpretations

• "Assimilation by Stealth: Why Canada’s Multicultural Policy Is Really a Repackaged Integration Policy"

• "Reform by Stealth: The Harper Conservatives and Canadian Multiculturalism"

  These suggest critical takes on the implementation of multiculturalism, arguing it may mask assimilationist or conservative agendas.

3. Theoretical Reflections

• "Our Multiculturalism: Reflections in the Key of Rawls"

• "What Is Really at Stake in the Multiculturalism/Interculturalism Debate"

  These explore multiculturalism through philosophical frameworks (e.g., Rawlsian justice) and compare it to related frameworks like interculturalism.

4. Immigration and Integration

• "Multiculturalism Policies and Popular Multiculturalism in the Development of Canadian Immigration"

• "Multiculturalism, Language, and Immigrant Integration"

  These delve into the intersection of immigration policy and multiculturalism, including how language and cultural adaptation are handled.

5. Limits and Tensions

• "(Never) Coming Out to Be Met? Liberal Multiculturalism and Its Radical Others"

• "Nationalism, Pluralism, and the Democratic Governance of Diversity"

  Likely examine the limitations of liberal multiculturalism in addressing more radical or minority perspectives, and how democracy manages diverse identities.

6. Comparative and Psychological Perspectives

• "Multiculturalism: Psychological Perspectives"

• "‘Melticulturalism’ in North America: Canadian and American Attitudes toward Immigration, Integration, and Residential Concentration"

  Focus on how individuals and societies psychologically respond to multiculturalism and contrast Canada with the U.S.

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