Preface
Part One: Conceptualizing Social Inequality
1. The Iniquities of Inequality
Introduction: Surveying the Damage
Paradoxes of Inequalities in a Bountiful Canada
Debating Social Inequality
A Working Framework: Themes and Assumptions
Prioritizing
Social Inequality: The Defining Issue of Our Time
2. Problematizing Social Inequality
Introduction: Establishing the Parameters
A Sociology of Social Inequality
Reframing Inequality as Exclusions
Inequality as Social Stratification
Deconstructing Social
Inequality
3. Explaining Social Inequality Sociologically
Introduction: What's the Cause/ Who's to Blame/Where's the Source?
Blaming the Individual/Victim Model
Blaming the System Model
Blaming the Situation Model
Part Two: Status Inequalities: Class and
Poverty
4. Class Matters: Causes, Controversies, and Costs
Introduction: Class Inequality as Life or Death on the Titanic
Contesting the Class Concept
Conceptualizing Social Classes
Mediatizing Inequalities: Media Representations of Class and Poverty
5. The
Politics of Poverty
Introduction: Framing Poverty
Poverty in Canada: Who, How Much, Compared to, Why?
Framing Poverty: Absolute or Relative
The Art of Absolving Poverty
Homelessness: Street-level Poverty
Reframing Poverty Reduction Strategies
Part Three: Status
Inequalities: Identity Groups, Identity Politics
6. Gendered Inequalities, Engendered Exclusions
Introduction: Living in a Man's World? Mixed Messages, Paradoxical Trends
Gendered Inequalities: Dimensions of Exclusion
Minorities within: Aboriginal, Racialized, Immigrant
Women
Explaining Gendered Inequality: Intersectional Dynamics, Intrasectional Variations
7. Racialized Inequalities, Immigrant Exclusions
Introduction: Racialized Inequality: The Inequalities of Racialization
Racialized (Colour-Coded) Exclusions
Immigrant Exclusions in an
Inclusive Immigration Society
Pathways to Inclusion, Pitfalls of Exclusion
Explaining Racialized Exclusions: Ethnicity vs. Critical Race Models
8. Aboriginal Peoples: Canada's First Inequality
Introduction: First Nations, Second Class Citizens, Third World
Conditions
Models of Aboriginal Inequality: Assimilationism, Accomodationism, Autonomism
Precondition for Peoplehood Renewal and Relations Repair: Difference, Land, Governance
Constructive Engagement: Toward a Postcolonial Governance Model
A Governance Shift? From Neocolonialism to
Postcolonialism Contract
Part Four: Institutional Exclusions
9. The New Economy, New Workplace Inequalities
Introduction: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
The New Economy, Newer Inequalities
Rethinking Work and Working in the New Workplace
Toward an
Inclusive Workplace: Inclusion vs. Inclusivity
10. Schooling and Postsecondary Education: Enlightened Exclusions
Introduction: The Great Equalizer or the Great Fortifier?
Universities in Crisis: Inequalities, Exclusions, Disruptions
Remodelling the Academic
Enterprise
Part Five: From Inequality to Equality: The Big Picture
11. Global Inequalities, Exclusionary Globalizations
Introduction: A World in Social Disarray
Global Inequality Problems
Globalization as Inequality
Towards a Humanistic
Globalization?
Addressing Global Inequalities: Foreign Aid and (Mis)Development
12. Social Equality Matters Too
Introduction: Equality: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery inside an Enigma
Conceptualizing Equality: Equal, Equivalence, or Equitable?
Canada's Employment Equity
Act: Problem or Solution?
Rehabilitating the Free Market: Toward a Responsible Capitalism
13. Conclusion: Polite Fictions, Inconvenient Truths
Glossary
References
Index
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Augie Fleras is an adjunct professor in the Sociology and Legal Studies Department at the University of Waterloo. He holds a BA in anthropology from the University of Waterloo, a MA in anthropology from McMaster University, and a PhD in Maori studies and social anthropology from Victoria
University of Wellington, New Zealand. His teaching and research interests include social inequality; the politics of diversity; race, ethnic, and Aboriginal peoples relations; media and minorities; and media communication. An eclectic textbook author, he has written numerous books, including the
bestselling Unequal Relations: An Introduction to Race, Ethnic, and Aboriginal Dynamics in Canada, 8e (Pearson, 2016), Immigration Canada: Evolving Realities and Emerging Challenges in a Postnational World (UBC Press, 2015), and Racisms in a Multicultural Canada: Paradoxes, Politics, and Resistance
(WLU Press, 2014). He also edited (with Maria Wallis) The Politics of Race in Canada: Readings in Historical Perspectives, Contemporary Realities, and Future Possibilities (OUP Canada, 2009).
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