Bringing together twenty-one articles written by experts, Social Inequality in Canada explores the many dimensions of social disadvantage and injustice that exist in this country today. Beginning with a thorough examination of structural inequality issues before moving on to address the wide-ranging impact that social inequality can have, the text presents students with a comprehensive overview of both the persistent patterns of inequality as well as the
progress that has been made.
Bringing together twenty-one articles written by experts, Social Inequality in Canada explores the many dimensions of social disadvantage and injustice that exist in this country today. Beginning with a thorough examination of structural inequality issues before moving on to address the wide-ranging impact that social inequality can have, the text presents students with a comprehensive overview of both the persistent patterns of inequality as well as the
progress that has been made.
Contributors
Preface
Introduction: Social Inequality Now: Theoretical and Conceptual
Issues, Edward Grabb and Monica Mi Hee Hwang
Part I Power and Class
1: Investigating Ownership Concentration, Transnational
Connections, and State Involvement in the Canadian Economy, Monica
Mi Hee Hwang and Edward Grabb
2: Corporate Power in 21st Century Canada, William K. Carroll
3: Breaking Down the Wealth Equation: Housing, Assets, and Debt,
Michelle Lee Maroto and Meryn Severson Mason
Part II Socio-economic Bases of Social Inequality
A. Income, Wealth, and Poverty
4: Poverty and Income Inequality: Measures and Trends, Deana
Simonetto and Peter Urmetzer
5: The Distribution of Wealth and Economic Inequality: Canada and
the World, James B. Davies
B. Occupation
6: Inequalities in Work and Employment, Tracey L. Adams and
Wolfgang Lehmann
7: Social Class, Post-secondary Education, and Occupational
Outcomes, Harvey Krahn
C. Education
8: Location Matters: Education and Employment Inequalities in
Northern and Rural Canada, David Zarifa, Cathlene Hillier, and
Darcy Hango
9: Exploring Definitions of Indigenous Student Success, Emily Milne
and Terry Wotherspoon
10: Immigration Pathways and Next Generation Outcomes: Caribbean
and Filipino Children of Caregivers, Philip Kelly and Cindy
Maharaj
Part III Social Justice and Inequality
A. Ethnicity, Race, Language, and Ancestry
11: The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and First Nations
Issues: A Content Analysis of Major Canadian Media, 2014-2015,
Daniel Drache, Coral Voss, and Fred Fletcher
12: Racial Inequality, Social Cohesion, and Policy Issues in
Canada, Jeffrey G. Reitz and Rupa Banerjee
B. Gender and Sexual Orientation
13: Neoliberalism, Gender, and the Gig Economy in Canada, Edward
Haddon
14: Changing Gender Time Distributions in Domestic Duties:
1986-2015, Neil Guppy, Larissa Sakumoto, and Rima Wilkes
15: Gender Inequality and Family Patterns, Roderic Beaujot, Jianye
Liu, and Zenaida Ravanera
16: LGBTQ2S+ Employment and Earnings in Canada, Nicole Denier,
Shannon V.T.L. Mok, and Sean Waite
C. Disability
17: Disability and Social Inequality over the Life Course, Kim
Shuey and Andrea Willson
D. Region
18: Regional Inequality in Canada: An Enduring Issue?, Max
Chewinski and Catherine Corrigall-Brown
Part IV Some Consequences of Social Inequality
19: Social Inequality and Health, Gerry Veenstra
20: COVID-19 and Prisons: A Perfect Storm of Illness, Isolation,
and Inequality, Sandra Dong Hee Hwang and Monica Mi Hee Hwang
21: Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program: Unequal by Design?,
Monica Mi Hee Hwang
Glossary
Index
Monica Mi Hee Hwang is Associate Professor in the Department of
Sociology at St. Thomas More College at the University of
Saskatchewan. She earned her BA (Hons) in sociology and French from
Western University and received the university's Gold Medal at
convocation. While in graduate school, she published two book
chapters and four articles. She was named UBC's outstanding PHD
graduate of 2014-2015.
Edward Grabb is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology
at Western University. His areas of interest include Canadian and
American society, social inequality and stratification, political
sociology, race and ethnic relations, methodology and
statistics.
Jeffrey G. Reitz is Robert F. Harney Professor Emeritus of Ethnic,
Immigration, and Pluralism Studies in the Faculty of Arts and
Sciences, and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at
the University of Toronto. He is also a faculty affiliate at the
Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. His research
examines the social, economic and political experiences of
immigrant and ethnic populations.
What sets [this text] apart is that it discusses material
inequality in contemporary Canada, and it also provides quite a lot
of empirical evidence to back up its claims." -Isha Sharma, Mount
Royal University
[This] textbook provides a comprehensive picture of social
inequality in Canada. Context allows for the exploration of
sociological understandings of social inequality paired with
concrete and current examples of how it persists in society."
-Jennifer Shea, Memorial University
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