Flashcards in Unit 2 Deck (33)
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What is the political economy of immigration?
tool in process of capital accumulation.
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What is the 3 factors in socio economic vulnerability of immigrants
poor pay, more difficult, more dangerous job
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immigration is used by employers as a way to
disorganize the working class
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Permanent Residents
Economic immigrants, refugees or family class immigrants
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The largest category of immigrants to canada
economic
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4 sub categories of the economic immigrant
skilled workers, business class, live in caregivers and provincial nominies
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The point system is used for
skilled workers
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What are provincial nominees
provinces are allowed to develop their own selection criteria for immigrants, not bound by the point system
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One of the single largest categories for temporary foreign workers is under the...
seasonal agricultural workers program
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Three types of illegal immigrants
Entered without official authorization, visa over stayers,failed refugee claimants
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Sharma's Method
Institutional Ethnography
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Targetof sharmas study
the social organization of our knowledge of migrant workers
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Data for sharias study
Canada's 1973 Non Immigrant Employment Authorization Program
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2 findings of sharma
1) Relationship between racist and nationalist ideological state practices and the material organization of canadian labour market 2) Parliamentary Discursive Binary
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How is radicalization embedded but not explicit in sharma's study
freedoms of citizens mean denying freedoms to those that threaten citizenry
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Danger in cultural sociology
disembodies concepts
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What are material as well as ideological
binaries of the citizen and migrant-Other
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John Porter focuses of asking the question of
What is the relationship between class and ethnicity?
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What does Porter suggest fixes "ethnic affiliation blocks social mobility"?
Assimilation
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Category problems in canadian history of inequality
"visible minorities" "radicalized groups" "whites" all mask internal differences
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4 meanings of multiculturalism
1) Demographic reality 2) part of the pluralistic ideology 3) a form of economic 3) political struggle among groups 4) A set of government policies and accompanying programs
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Ethnocentrism
ones own culture is automatically the standard to judge all others
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Cultural Relativism
Accommodate social cleavages to maintain social order
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1971-1980 folkloric multiculturalism
culture as a personal choice, celebrating our differences
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The Multiculturalism Act
1988 multiculturalism elevated to equal position of bilingualism.
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When was the rise of civic MC
1990s
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Currently what kind of MC are we
Integrative MC
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How is MC too effective
ineffective at solving real problems such as racism, class inequity and anglo dominance. Hardening of stereotypes and cultural relativism
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MC tolerates
dangerous cultures and religions
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MC is ineffective
Stasiulis, depoliticized activities that are non threatening to hegemonic ideology
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Interculturallism recognizes
cultural diversity and cultural exchange but discourages ethnic enclaves and promotes linguistic assimilation
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4 fundamental values of quebec
equality in rights, law, french, participation
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