Daily struggles : the deepening racialization and feminization of poverty in Canada
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- ISBN: 1551303396
- ISBN: 9781551303390
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Physical Description:
307 pages ; 25 cm.
print - Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Scholars' Press, 2008.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Pt. I. Theoretical Framework -- Ch. 1. The Market Value and Social Value of Race / Peter S. Li -- Ch. 2. Representation of the Immigrant / Rose Baaba Folson -- Ch. 3. Selling (out) Diversity in an Age of Globalization / Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Christina Gabriel -- Ch. 4. Regulating Native Identity by Gender / Bonita Lawrence -- Pt. II. Economic Inequality and Social Exclusion -- Ch. 5. Social Exclusion: Socio-economic and Political Implications of the Racialized Gap / Grace-Edward Galabuzi -- Ch. 6. Homeworking: Dream Realized or Freedom Constrained? The Globalized Reality of Immigrant Garment Workers / Roxana Ng -- Ch. 7. Immigrant Women Workers in the Immigrant Settlement Sector / Jo-Anne Lee -- Ch. 8. Home(lessness) and the Naturalization of "Difference" / Nandita Sharma -- Ch. 9. Foreign Credentials in Canada's Multicultural Society / Lorne Foster -- Ch. 10. Racism/Anti-racism, Precarious Employment, and Unions / Tania Das Gupta -- Pt. III. Crime, Policing, Surveillance, and Social Exclusion -- Ch. 11. The Racialized Impact of Welfare Fraud Control in British Columbia and Ontario / Kiran Mirchandani and Wendy Chan -- Ch. 12. Data, Denials, and Confusion: The Racial Profiling Debate in Toronto / Scot Wortley and Julian Tanner -- Ch. 13. Delinquency of Asian Youth in Canada / Siu-ming Kwok and Dora Mei-Ying Tam -- Ch. 14. War Frenzy / Sunera Thobani -- Pt. IV. Other Exclusion and Inequality -- Ch. 15. If Low-Income Women of Colour Counted in Toronto / Punam Khosla -- Ch. 16. Gendered Racial Violence and Spatialized Justice: The Murder of Pamela George / Sherene H. Razack -- Ch. 17. The Social Construction of a "Drop-out": Dispelling the Myth / George J. Sefa Dei -- Ch. 18. Individual Freedom as a Social Commitment / Amartya Sen -- Conclusion: A National Strategy to Address the Racialization and Feminization of Poverty -- App. A. Canada's Action Plan against Racism -- App. B. UN Definition of Poverty. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Merritt Campus | HC120 P6 D34 2008 (Text) | 37100012518598 | Regular Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
Vancouver Campus | HC120 P6 D34 2008 (Text) | 228894 | Regular Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |