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Author:   Augie Fleras
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.920kg
ISBN:  

9780774826792

ISBN 10:   0774826797
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   05 December 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Part 1: Reappraising Migration 1 Twenty-First-Century Migration: Canada in the New Global Reality 2 Global Migration, International Migrants: Patterns, Perspectives, Paradoxes Part 2: Immigration Canada 3 Who Got In? Who Gets In? Continuity and Change in Canada's Immigration Program 4 Recalibrating Canada's Immigration Program: Customizing Immigrants, Commodifying Migrant Labour 5 Canada's Refugee Status Determination Process: Controversies, Challenges, Changes 6 American Exceptionalism: Contesting Immigration, Confounding Immigrants Part 3: Experiencing Immigration, Immigrant Experiences 7 Assessing Immigration: Costs and Benefits, Impacts and Effects, Perceptions and Realities 8 Immigrant Experiences: The Good, the Bad, and the Hopeful 9 Integrating Immigrants: Inclusive Multiculturalism as Immigrant Governance Part 4: Repositioning Immigrant Governance - Negotiating a New Global Migration Order 10 Rethinking Immigrant Governance: The Challenges of Complex Diversity 11 Customizing Citizenship: Recalibrating Identity and Belonging in a Postnational Canada 12 Rethinking Immigration, Reframing Immigrants: Evolving Realities, Emerging Challenges, Shifting Discourses Notes References Index

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With careful attention to the disparate and often contradictory arguments about the usefulness of immigration - and by extension immigrants - to the nation, Immigration Canada rethinks and reframes notions of citizenship and settlement in an increasingly transnational age. -- Rachel Wong, York University * British Journal of Canadian Studies *

Author Information

Augie Fleras is an adjunct professor of sociology at the University of Waterloo. He has authored twenty-five books, including The Media Gaze: Representations of Diversities in Canada (UBC Press, 2011).

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