Ethnicity and Citizenship: The Canadian Case (Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714646938 ISBN 13: 9780714646930

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

Examining past and present policies on immigration, current arguments regarding the evolution of the Canadian constitutional system and the continuing search for new definitions of citizenship; this book looks at the components of citizenship in Canada and the diversity of attitudes.

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Synopsis

The components of citizenship in Canada, and the diversity of attitudes concerning the subject are analyzed by distinguished contributors, addressing issues such as the reciprocal nature of the relationship between legal (political) and societal (ethnic) citizenship; the conflict of identities for members of Anglophone and Francophone, native and immigrant, and European and 'indigenous' subcultures; the rivalry between federal and provincial orientations; and the processes of identity change resulting from shared experiences and interactions. The book contains an examination of past and present policies on immigration, of current arguments regarding the evolution of the Canadian Constitutional System and of the continuing search for new definitions of citizenship.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714646938
• ISBN 13: 9780714646930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 118
• Editor: Laponce Jean, William Safran