Research Catalog

Title

Immigration and Canada : global and transnational perspectives / Alan B. Simmons.

Author

Simmons, Alan.

Publication

Toronto : Canadian Scholars' Press, 2010.

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Description

viii, 327 p. : ill., map, ports.; 25 cm.

Summary

"Immigration and Canada provides readers with a vital introduction to the field of international migration studies. This original book presents an integrated critical perspective on Canadian immigration policies, main trends, and social, economic, and cultural impacts. It offers up-to-date information on migration patterns and examines Canada in an evolving, global-transnational system that gives rise to imagined futures and contrasting real outcomes."--Pub. desc.

Series Statement

Critical issues in contemporary sociology / under the direction of Vic Satzewich

Uniform Title

Critical issues in contemporary sociology.

Subject

• Emigration and immigration
• Immigrants > Canada > Social conditions
• Immigrants > Canada > Economic conditions
• Émigration et immigration
• Immigrants > Canada > Conditions sociales
• Immigrants > Canada > Conditions économiques
• Canada > Emigration and immigration
• Canada > Government policy
• Canada > Émigration et immigration
• Canada > Politique gouvernementale

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-304) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Theoretical issues -- Immigration and nation-building -- From the end of white Canada to designer immigrants -- Who gets in? -- National and ethnic origins -- Jobs and earnings -- Being and belonging in a transnational world -- Identity politics -- Immigrants, migrant workers, and babies -- Policy options: where are we headed? -- Appendix: Guide to further studiey -- References -- Copyright acknowledgements -- Index.

ISBN

• 9781551303628
• 1551303620

OCLC

• 445231583
• SCSB-10648409

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library