Multiculturalism and social cohesion potentials and challenges of diversity /

Multiculturalism and social cohesion potentials and challenges of diversity / [Texte imprimé] : by Jeffrey G. Reit, Raymond Breton, Karen Kisiel Dion... [et al.] ; with the collaboration of Mai B. Phan and Rupa Banerjee - [Dordrecht ; London] : Springer, cop. 2009 - 1 vol. (VII-194 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm

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Acknowledgements -- Chapter One: Assessing Multiculturalism as a Behavioral Theory: J.G. Reitz -- Chapter Two: Ethnic Group Ties, Inter-Group Threat, and Ethnic Self-Identity: K.K. Dion and M.B. Phan -- Chapter Three: Discrimination, Ethnic Group Belonging, and Well-Being: K.L. Dion, K.K. Dion, and R. Banerjee -- Chapter Four: Inequalities and Patterns of Social Attachments in Quebec and the Rest of Canada: M.B. Phan and R. Breton -- Chapter Five Racial Inequality and Social Integration: J.G. Reitz and R. Banerjee -- Chapter Six: Behavioural Precepts of Multiculturalism: Empirical Validity and Policy Implications: J.G. Reitz -- References

Book examines the empirical validity of some of its basic propositions, focusing on Canada as the country for which the most enthusiastic claims for multiculturalism have been made. The analysis draws on the massive national Ethnic Diversity Survey of over 41,000 Canadians in 2002

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