Containing Diversity by Yasmeen Abu-Laban & Ethel Tungohan & Christina Gabriel

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Containing Diversity presents a novel approach to understanding the politics of immigration in Canada in the twenty-first century.

Although Canada is known internationally as a leader among industrialised countries for inclusive practices towards immigrants and refugees, the twenty-first century has witnessed a rise in the number of refugees and temporary migrant workers who are often denied citizenship and may also experience detention and deportation. Containing Diversity examines to what extent Canada™s long-standing support for immigration, multiculturalism, and citizenship has shifted in favour of discourses, policies, and practices that “contain” diversity.

This book reflects on how diversity is being ‘contained’ through practices designed to insulate the Canadian settler-colonial state.

ISBN: 9781442609044
Author(s): Yasmeen Abu-Laban & Ethel Tungohan & Christina Gabriel