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ID111494
Title ProperMinority nationalism and immigrant integration in Canada
LanguageENG
AuthorBanting, Keith ;  Soroka, Stuart
Publication2012.
Summary / Abstract (Note)Immigrant integration is currently a prominent issue in virtually all contemporary democracies, but countries in which the historic population itself is deeply divided - particularly those with substate nations and multiple political identities - present some interesting questions where integration is concerned. The existence of multiple and potentially competing political identities may complicate the integration process, particularly if the central government and the substate nation promote different conceptions of citizenship and different nation-building projects. What, then, are the implications of minority nationalism for immigrant integration? Are the added complexities a barrier to integration? Or do overlapping identities generate more points of contact between immigrants and their new home? This article addresses this question by probing immigrant and non-immigrant 'sense of belonging' in Canada, both inside and outside Quebec. Data come from Statistics Canada's Ethnic Diversity Study. Our results suggest that competing nation-building projects make the integration of newcomers more, rather than less, challenging.
`In' analytical NoteNations and Nationalism Vol. 18, No.1; Jan 2012: p.156-176
Journal SourceNations and Nationalism Vol. 18, No.1; Jan 2012: p.156-176
Key WordsCanada ;  Immigration ;  Integration ;  National Identity ;  Nationalism ;  Quebec