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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456315203321

Titolo

Electing a diverse Canada [[electronic resource] ] : the representation of immigrants, minorities, and women / / edited by Caroline Andrew ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-45710-1

9786612457104

0-7748-1487-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AndrewCaroline

Disciplina

324/.08900971

Soggetti

Minorities - Political activity - Canada

Immigrants - Political activity - Canada

Women - Political activity - Canada

Political participation - Canada

Representative government and representation - Canada

Minorities - Canada - Activité politique

Immigrants - Canada - Activité politique

Electronic books.

Canada Politics and government 2006-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro; Contents; Maps and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Reputation and Representation: Reaching for Political Inclusion in Toronto; 2 Diversity and Elected Officials in the City of Vancouver; 3 Political Representation of Minorities in the City of Montréal: Dream or Reality?; 4 More than Just Cowboys with White Hats: A Demographic Profile of Edmonton and Calgary; 5 Our Unrepresentative but Somewhat Successful Capital: Electoral Representation in Ottawa; 6 Many Faces, Few Places: The Political Under-Representation of Ethnic Minorities and Women in the City of Hamilton

7 Representation Deficits in Regina and Saskatoon 8 The Patterning of Political Representation in Halifax; 9 Diversity and Political



Representation in Winnipeg; 10 Ethnoracial Minorities in the 38th Parliament: Patterns of Change and Continuity; Conclusion; Contributors; Index;