Exam 1: Race, Ethnic, and Aboriginal Relations: Patterns, Paradoxes, Perspectives

This text makes it abundantly clear: Race, ethnic, and Aboriginal relations are fundamentallyrelations, thus putting the onus on understanding how these inequalities are constructed and maintained, as well as challenged and transformed.

The Hutterites of Western Canada are an example of what model of governance________.

Which sociological perspective approaches multiculturalism as a contested site in which different interests interact to impose their definition of the situation?

What sociological perspective portrays society as a negotiated site in which different groups interact to construct social reality?

According to a Marxist conflict theory perspective, what relationship underpins all patterns of exploitation and conflict?

What name is given to a society that claims to ignore differences not only in defining who gets what but also as a basis for living together?_________society

What variation of conflict theory is likely to endorse the view that some forms of multiculturalism are bad for women ?

Which sociological perspective is most likely to see official Multiculturalism as an exercise in creating the 'illusion of inclusion'?

A de facto segregation results when governments quietly condone a system of segregation by doing nothing to disturb the status quo. What term best describes segregation when the government actively and deliberately keeps groups apart?

The U.N. has included 5 classes of action that can be defined as genocide. Which of the following is NOT included in this list of genocidal actions?

What variation of interactionism emphasizes the process by which intergroup relations are created by opposing dynamics both within and between dominant and subdominant groups?

Which sociological perspective focuses on the idea that official multiculturalism is a social construction in which people define situations on the basis of their perception of multiculturalism and then respond accordingly?

What concept describes a predominantly one way process of absorption of the subdominant group into the dominant sector?

According to the text, pluralism can be expressed in several ways. Which of the following is NOT regarded as part of a pluralist perspective?

Canada received the Nansen Medal from the United Nations in 1986 for ?

Which sociological perspective tends to see official multiculturalism as a device that perpetuates social inequality in Canadian society?

What dimensions of society does a functionalist perspective tend to emphasize?

According to the 2006 Census data, approximately how many ethnic origins were reported in Canada's population?

The system of apartheid in South Africa prior to 1994 is best described as an example of_____.

According to a collective definition approach, what is the name given to the competing factions that exist within both the dominant and subdominant groups?