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JTH3000EthnicRelationsTheory,ResearchandPolicy

https://portal.utoronto.cahttp://munkschool.utoronto.ca/ethnicstudies/graduate‐program/

Instructor: Prof. Jeffrey G. Reitz

Department of SociologyEthnic, Immigration and Pluralism StudiesMunk School of Global AffairsUniversity of TorontoFall, 2014

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ptember 22 (today):Jonathan Kauenhowen (SOC, MA)Katherine Kawalerczak (CERES, MA)Scarlett Jones (SPPG, MA)Yukiko Tanaka (SOC, MA)Katja Tupak (SPPG, MPP)

• September 29:• Rene Bogovic (SOC, PhD)• Rudolf DuToit (MIRHR)Sarah Misu Lee (SOC, MA)

• Keitaro Isogai (POL, MA)• Elisha Corrigan (SOC, PhD)

• October 6 (due date)• Joeanna Leung (SJE, MEd)• Hanane Benzidane (MIRHR)

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Concepts: Ethnic communities and other types of ethnic organization: what concepts are needed?

Micro‐Theories: Some sociological theories for immigrants: how do other disciplines differ?

Macro‐Theories: Plural societies, ethnic segmentation v. ethnic heterogeneity

Readings

Richard Alba, and Victor Nee, Rethinking Assimilation Theory for a New Era of Immigration,” International Migration Review 31, 4 (Win 1997): 826‐874.

Robert D. Putnam, “E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty‐first Century, The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture, ” Scandinavian Political Studies, 30, 2 (2007): 137‐74.

AspectsofEthnicCommunitiesrOrganizationGeographic concentration, Regions, NeighborhoodsCultural institutions, religious institutionsEconomic institutions, Ethnic businessesSocial networks, social organizationEndogamyPolitical activities, organizations

Institutional completeness (Breton 1964)Transnational dimensions

omeSociologicalTheories‐‐verviewAssimilation ‐ ‘Chicago School’: Robert Park and the ‘race relations cycle’

Multiple outcomes: Louis Wirth: Assimilation, pluralism, militancy, succession

Multi‐dimensionality: Milton Gordon: cultural, structural, marital, residential assimilation

Ethnic retention v. social incorporation : Berry, Breton, Canadian multiculturalism

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Assimilation revisited: Alba and Nee, reduction in ethnic difference

Transnationalism: global effects

Macro‐theoreticconsiderations

Social construction of assimilation and incorporation• Mainstream and minority define desired outcomes, these may vary within groups, across groups, across societies (Alba, Reitz and Simon 2102)

• Does a ‘mainstream’ exist?

Plural societies• Segmentation v. heterogeneity• Elite accommodation

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Indicators of Social Integration

• Life satisfaction• Ties to Canadian society

• ‘Canadian’ identity• Citizenship• Sense of belonging in Canada• Trust in people

• Civic participation• Volunteer activities• Voting

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