Social Differentiation : Patterns and Processes.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781442680029
- 305
- HM821 .S624 2003
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 Introducing Social Differentiation -- 2 Gender Differentiation and the Standard/Non-Standard Employment Distinction: A Genealogy of Policy Interventions in Canada -- 3 Finding a Niche: Age-related Differentiations within the Working-age Population -- 4 Visible Minorities in Canadian Society: Challenges of Racial Diversity -- 5 Aboriginal People, Public Policy, and Social Differentiation in Canada -- 6 Spatially Based Social Differentiation in Canada's Future: Trends in Urban/Non-urban Differences in the Next Decade -- 7 Differentiation, Social Policy, and Citizenship Rights -- References.
By paying special attention to political processes, norms, and representations, and by indicating how social policies shape economic functioning and relate to normative definitions, this book will interest policy-oriented researchers and decision-makers.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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