| Description |
1 online resource (x, 293 pages) |
| Contents |
How do 'we' becomes pluralist? -- A Canadian paradox -- Theoretical puzzles -- Social relations and processes of ethnicization -- Nationalist exclusion and its remedies -- How do 'we' become multicultural? -- Neither 'America' or 'Quebec' -- To be or not to be like Quebec -- Who constitutes multiculturalism? Divergent perspectives -- The social constitution of a pluralist 'we' -- Comparative perspectives |
| Summary |
Us, Them, and Others sheds new light on the astonishing resilience of Canadian multiculturalism in the late 1990s, when multicultural policies in other countries had already come under heavy attack. Winter draws on analyses of English-language newspaper discourses and a sociological framework to connect discourses of pan-Canadian multicultural identity to representations of Quebecois nationalism, immigrant groups, First Nations, and the United States. Taking inspiration from the Canadian experience, Us, Them, and Others is an enticing examination of national identity and pluralist group formation in diverse societies."--Pub. desc |
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"How do countries come to view themselves as being 'multicultural'? Us, Them, and Others presents a dynamic new model for understanding pluralism based on the triangular relationship between three groups - the national majority, historically recognized minorities, and diverse immigrant bodies. Elke Winter's research illustrates how compromise between unequal groups is rendered meaningful through confrontation with real or imagined outsiders |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Multiculturalism -- Canada
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Cultural pluralism -- Canada
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Autonomy and independence movements
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Cultural pluralism
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Multiculturalism
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| SUBJECT |
Québec (Province) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96007261
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| Subject |
Canada
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Québec
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442661189 |
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1442661186 |
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