Ethno-Cultural Groups and Visible Minorities in Canadian Politics

Ethno-Cultural Groups and Visible Minorities in Canadian Politics
Author: Kathy Megyery
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1996-08-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1459727703

The studies in this volume examine the nature and extent of their participation in Canadian politics, in both political parties and the House of Commons. While these groups feel marginalized, they believe strongly in the objectives of democracy and want to participate in a Canada that realizes those ideals more successfully.

Electing a Diverse Canada

Electing a Diverse Canada
Author: Caroline Andrew
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2009-07-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0774858583

Electing a Diverse Canada presents the most extensive analysis to date of the electoral representation of immigrants, minorities, and women in Canada. Covering eleven cities, as well as Canada's Parliament, it breaks new ground by assessing the representation of diverse identity groups across multiple levels of government. Electoral representation is an important indicator of a democracy's health, and this book provides both a baseline for future research and an outline of the key challenges facing Canadian democracy.

Deliberative Democracy, Political Legitimacy, And Self-determination In Multi-cultural Societies

Deliberative Democracy, Political Legitimacy, And Self-determination In Multi-cultural Societies
Author: Jorge Valadez
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2018-03-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429980698

Most foundational works in political philosophy have made fundamentally false and far-reaching assumptions concerning the culturally homogeneous character of the polity.Deliberative Democracy, Political Legitimacy, andSelf-Determination in Multicultural Societies provides a much needed corrective to conventional accounts of the normative foundations of the state by reconceptualizing some of the fundamental issues in political theory from a perspective that recognizes the culturally pluralistic character of contemporary democracies. Among the issues considered are democratic deliberation in multicultural societies, the justification and function of political communities, the nature of self-determination, the justification of cultural rights, and the moral rationale for regional self-governance and secession. This work is suitable for graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses in political philosophy and political science, as well as the lay reader interested in understanding the major sources of conflict and instability in democratic societies.

Turkish Immigrants in Western Europe and North America

Turkish Immigrants in Western Europe and North America
Author: Sebnem Koser Akcapar
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135754160

Public and even scholarly debates usually focus on the integration problems of Muslim immigrants at the cost of overlooking the role of the growing number of migrant organizations in establishing a crucial link among immigrants themselves, as well as between them and their countries of origin and residence. This book aims to fill a gap in the vast literature on migration from Turkey by contributing the neglected aspect of civic and political participation of Turkish immigrants. It brings together a number of scholars who carried out extensive research on the associational culture of Turkish immigrants living in different countries in Europe and North America. In order to understand the diversity and dynamics within Turkish migrant communities living in these parts of the world yet maintaining transnational ties, this book offers a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to migrant organizations in general and civic participation and political mobilization of Turkish immigrants in particular. This book was published as a special issue in Turkish Studies.

Race and the City

Race and the City
Author: Shanti Fernando
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0774840234

In Race and the City, Shanti Fernando presents an elegant analysis of the mechanisms of political mobilization under systemic racism that draws on case studies, interviews, and a detailed understanding of the racialized legal and sociocultural histories of both the United States and Canada. She argues that while increasing diversity may be a challenge for systemic inclusiveness, it is one that must be met if Canada is to uphold its vision of a truly democratic society.

Elections Today

Elections Today
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1995-10
Genre:
ISBN:

News from the world of elections.

Muslim Political Participation in Europe

Muslim Political Participation in Europe
Author: Jorgen S. Nielsen
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2013-02-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0748646957

To what extent are Muslims in Europe integrated? Muslims are increasingly making themselves noticed in the political process of Europe. But what is happening behind the often sensational headlines? This book looks at the processes and realities of Muslim participation in local and national politics in a range of Eastern and Western European countries: voting patterns in local and national assemblies, membership of elected councils and national parliaments, and the tensions between ethnic, political and religious identities. It also asks how political participation and wider integration issues interrelate and considers how Muslims - as ethnic groups, or through specific institutions - seek to locate themselves within European political society.