Ethnicity,Politics,and Public Policy: Case Studies in Canadian Diversity

Canada Has Taken up the Challenge to Create a Nation Which Maintains a mosaic of ethnic pluralism within national unity. These ten essays penetrate the ideological cloud surrounding the multiculturalism debate. Focusing on information from case studies -- documents, interviews, and participant observation -- they give the reader access to specific problems within communities and institutions.Original research into visible minority police, Haitian teachers in Quebec schools and the matching of worker and patient/client ethnicities within health and social services reveals the considerably complex implications of such solutions.' The intersection of ethnic polities and ethnic political representation is examined. An essay presenting the heterogeneous nature of the Canadian Hip Hop scene counters reductive stereotypes. Studies of female genital operations and wife abuse in Muslim culture suggest ways of understanding traditions which radically break with the social norms of a liberal-democratic society in order to create and implement policy.Somewhat like the shape of Canada itself, this richly textured single volume contains a comprehensive illustration of the problems and prospects of pluralism, effectively mirroring the diversity of the nuanced, multifarious issues which arise when theories and goals of cultural sensitivity confront real life.Tropeer, Harold is the author of 'Ethnicity,Politics,and Public Policy: Case Studies in Canadian Diversity' with ISBN 9780802041654 and ISBN 0802041655.