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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817027703321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver : , : UBC Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-282-45710-1

9786612457104

0-7748-1487-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 278 pages) : maps

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

Canada Politics and government 2006-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

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;

Sommario/riassunto

"Electing a Diverse Canada presents the most extensive analysis to date of the electoral representation of immigrants, minorities, and women in Canada. Covering eleven cities as well as Canada's Parliament, it breaks new ground by assessing the representation of diverse identity groups across multiple levels of government. Electoral representation is an important indicator of a democracy's health, and this book not only provides a baseline for future research but also outlines the key challenges facing Canadian democracy."--Publisher's description