Multiculturalism in North America and Europe: Comparative Perspectives on Interethnic Relations and Social Incorporation - Softcover

9781551301013: Multiculturalism in North America and Europe: Comparative Perspectives on Interethnic Relations and Social Incorporation

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ISBN 10: 1551301016 ISBN 13: 9781551301013

Publisher: Canadian Scholars Press, 1997

In this path-breaking collection of twenty-five original essays, over two dozen leading European, American, and Canadian academics focus on a variety of research settings and issues confronting contemporary scholars in the area of immigration and ethnicity. studies immigrants, host societies, and the process of changing identities of ethnic groups. It also examines how ethnicity, ethnic identity, and ethnic groups affect the acceptance of modernity as a conceptual reference model and the role that ethnicity plays in the post-modern paradigm. The book provides an overview of the political and social importance of emerging ethnicity, the role of interethnic conflicts, and the politicisation of minority groups.

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About the Author

Wsevolod W. Isajiw is Robert F. Harney Professor of Ethnic, Immigration, and Pluralism Studies and Director of the Graduate Collaborative Program in Ethnic and Pluralism Studies, University of Toronto. He is the author or editor of eight books and over fifty published articles.

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