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  • France, You Love It but Leave It

    The Silent Flight of French Muslims

    by Olivier Esteves, Alice Picard, Julien Talpin ...
    Their names are Mohamed, Samira, sometimes Matthieu or Sophie. They were born and bred in France and are highly qualified, but they have decided to go and live in London or New York, Montreal or Brussels, Geneva or Dubai. Many were discriminated against on the French job market, or stigmatized simply because of their religion or the sound of their names. Whether devout or not, they felt unloved ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Fighting Discrimination in a Hostile Political Environment

    The Case of “Colour-Blind” France

    Edited by Angéline Escafré-Dublet, Virginie Guiraudon, Julien Talpin ...
    Series series Ethnic and Racial Studies
    The book investigates the experience of ethno-racial discrimination in France and the forms that resistance takes in a colour-blind context.Among pluriethnic, multi-religious, post-colonial states with a long immigration history, France holds a specific place in international comparisons due to its distinct colour-blindness. It does not recognize racial or ethnic groups either as legitimate social ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

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  • Unlikely Utopia

    The Surprising Triumph Of Canadian Multiculturalism

    by Michael Adams ...
    Around the world, sectarian tensions divide societies, sometimes erupting into violent confrontation. Some pundits argue that similar convulsions will shake Canada’s multicultural foundations. But Michael Adams argues that Canadians don’t see this as inevitable. Far from being disabused of their naïveté by the world’s conflicts and bloodshed, Adams believes Canadians suspect that the world might ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Multicultiphobia

    by Phil Ryan ...
    Official multiculturalism, established as Canadian government policy in 1971, has drawn criticism from many scholars and journalists who view it as a potential threat to a strong, unified Canadian society. In this timely and original book, Phil Ryan examines the emergence and influence of these criticisms, which continue to provoke an anxiety he calls "multicultiphobia." Although Ryan argues that ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Multiculturalism without Culture

    by Anne Phillips ...
    Public opinion in recent years has soured on multiculturalism, due in large part to fears of radical Islam. In Multiculturalism without Culture, Anne Phillips contends that critics misrepresent culture as the explanation of everything individuals from minority and non-Western groups do. She puts forward a defense of multiculturalism that dispenses with notions of culture, instead placing ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • A World to Win

    Contemporary Social Movements and Counter-Hegemony

    Edited by William K. Carroll, Kanchan Sarker ...
    In this time of economic, ecological and social crises, a diverse array of collective movements carry the possibilities of deep democratization and alternative futures. A World to Win brings these movements alive as agents of history-in-the-making. It situates Quebec student strikers, Indigenous resistance and resurgence, Occupy, workers, migrant, feminist and queer movements and many others in ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Racism and Anti-Racism in Canada

    by David Este ...
    Multiculturalism is regarded as a key feature of Canada’s national identity. Yet despite an increasingly diverse population, racialized Canadians are systematically excluded from full participation in society through personal and structural forms of racism and discrimination.Race and Anti-Racism in Canada provides readers with a critical examination of how racism permeates Canadian society and ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Symbolic Power, Politics, and Intellectuals

    The Political Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu

    by David L. Swartz ...
    Power is the central organizing principle of all social life, from culture and education to stratification and taste. And there is no more prominent name in the analysis of power than that of noted sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. Throughout his career, Bourdieu challenged the commonly held view that symbolic power—the power to dominate—is solely symbolic. He emphasized that symbolic power helps ... Read more

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  • In the Name of Women's Rights

    The Rise of Femonationalism

    by Sara R. Farris ...
    Sara R. Farris examines the demands for women's rights from an unlikely collection of right-wing nationalist political parties, neoliberals, and some feminist theorists and policy makers. Focusing on contemporary France, Italy, and the Netherlands, Farris labels this exploitation and co-optation of feminist themes by anti-Islam and xenophobic campaigns as “femonationalism.” She shows that by ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Crises of Multiculturalism

    Racism in a Neoliberal Age

    by Alana Lentin, Gavan Titley ...
    Across the West, something called multiculturalism is in crisis. Regarded as the failed experiment of liberal elites, commentators and politicians compete to denounce its corrosive legacies; parallel communities threatening social cohesion, enemies within cultivated by irresponsible cultural relativism, mediaeval practices subverting national 'ways of life' and universal values.This important new ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Religion, Culture, and the State

    Reflections on the Bouchard-Taylor Report

    Edited by Howard Adelman, Pierre Anctil ...
    The Canadian principle of reasonable accommodation demands that the cultural majority make certain concessions to the needs of minority groups if these concessions will not cause 'undue hardship.' This principle has caused much debate in Quebec, particularly over issues of language, Muslim head coverings, and religious symbols such as the kirpan (traditional Sikh dagger). In 2007, Quebec Premier ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Public Justice and the Anthropology of Law

    by Ronald Niezen ...
    Series series New Departures in Anthropology
    In this powerful, timely study Ronald Niezen examines the processes by which cultural concepts are conceived and collective rights are defended in international law. Niezen argues that cultivating support on behalf of those experiencing human rights violations often calls for strategic representations of injustice and suffering to distant audiences. The positive impulse behind public responses to ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD