Legislated Inequality: Temporary Labour Migration in Canada - Couverture rigide

Lenard, Patti Tamara; Straehle, Christine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0773540415 ISBN 13 : 9780773540415

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Historically, Canada has adopted immigration policies focused on admitting migrants who were expected to become citizens. A dramatic shift has occurred in recent years as the number of temporary labourers admitted to Canada has increased substantially. Legislated Inequality critically evaluates this radical development in Canadian immigration, arguing that it threatens to undermine Canada's success as an immigrant nation. Assessing each of the four major temporary labour migration programs in Canada, contributors from a range of disciplines - including comparative political science, philosophy, and sociology - show how temporary migrants are posed to occupy a permanent yet marginal status in society and argue that Canada's temporary labour policy must undergo fundamental changes in order to support Canada's long held immigration goals. The difficult working conditions faced by migrant workers, as well as the economic and social dangers of relying on temporary migration to relieve labour shortages, are described in detail. Legislated Inequality provides an essential critical analysis of the failings of temporary labour migration programs in Canada and proposes tangible ways to improve the lives of labourers. Contributors include Abigail B. Bakan (Queen's University), Tom Carter (University of Manitoba), Sarah D'Aoust (University of Ottawa), Christina Gabriel (Carleton University), Jill Hanley (McGill University), Jenna Hennebry (Wilfrid Laurier University), Christine Hughes (Carleton University), Karen D. Hughes (University of Alberta), Jahhon Koo (McGill University), Patti Tamara Lenard (University of Ottawa), Laura Macdonald (Carleton University), Janet McLaughlin (Wilfrid Laurier University), Delphine Nakache (University of Ottawa), Jacqueline Oxman-Martinez (Universit? de Montr?al), Kerry Priebisch (University of Guelph), Andr? Rivard (University of Windsor), Nandita Sharma (University of Hawaii), Eric Shragge (Concordia University), Denise Spitzer (University of Ottawa), Daiva Stasuilus (Carleton University) Christine Straehle (University of Ottawa), Patricia Tomic (University of British Columbia, Okanagan), Sarah Torres (University of Ottawa), and Richard Trumper (University of British Columbia, Okanagan).

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Patti Tamara Lenard is assistant professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa and the author of Trust, Democracy, and the Challenges of Multiculturalism. Christine Straehle is assistant professor, Graduate School o

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0773540415
• ISBN 13: 9780773540415
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 408
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