Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada is a collection of twelve essays by leading sociologists. it discusses government policies and acadmeic theories that afect how race and ethnic relations are structured and interpreted in Canada. This second edition takes into account social changes and academic debates of the 1990s, with a view towards Canada's future.

Preface ; PART I: INTRODUCTION ; 1. Race and Ethnicity ; 2. Demographic Overview of Ethnic Origin Groups in Canada ; PART II: RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE STATE ; 3. Immigration, Diversity, and Minority Communities ; 4. State Policies and Practices as Racialized Discourse: Multiculturalism, the Charter, and Employment Equality ; 5. Altered State: Federal Policy and Aboriginal Peoples ; 6. The Multiculturalism Debate ; 7. Language Policy in Canada ; PART III: PERSPECTIVES ON RACE AND ETHNICITY ; 8. Revisiting the Vertical Mosaic: Occupational Stratification Among Canadian Ethnic Groups ; 9. Studies of Ethnic Identity, Ethnic Relations, and Citizenship ; 10. Intergroup Competition in the Symbolic Construction of Canadian Society ; 11. The Political Economy of Race and Ethnicity ; 12. Feminist Intersectional Theorizing ; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ; INDEX

Peter S. Li, Professor of Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan, is author of many books and articles in the area of race and ethnic studies. Amnong his books are The Making of Postwar Canada and The Chinese in Canada, both published by Oxford University Press.