Contemporary inequalities and social justice in Canada

Summary: "This edited collection discusses the changing contours of inequality and social justice in contemporary Canada. The book contains 12 essays written by leading scholars in the field and includes chapters on the welfare state, social activism, economic inequality, the labour market, racial justice, LGBT rights, and colonialism."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781442634084 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1442634081 (Paperback)
Physical Description: print
210 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto ; University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-204) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Inequalities and social justice in crisis times / Janine Brodie -- Social justice and the extinction of homo crusoeconomicus / David Robichaud -- Diversity in theory and practice: dividends, downsides, and dead-ends / Malinda Smith -- Justice for whom? Migrant workers in Canada / Judy Fudge -- Post-racialism and the "Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion" project / Grace-Edward Galabuzi -- Treaty making and breaking in settler colonial Canada / Hayden King -- Perils of petroculture in a neoliberal resource economy / Meenal Shrivastava -- On anger and its uses for activism / Alexa Degagné -- Social movements on the path to economic and social equality / Judy Rebick.
Language Note:	Text in English.