Rethinking immigrant success
Subtitle: the case of four South Asian entrepreneurs in Toronto
By: by Krishan Mehta.
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: South Asians -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Economic conditions.; Success in business -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Entrepreneurship -- Ontario -- Toronto.
Description: Using a critical, postcolonial lens, this paper explores the ways in which immigrant success is constructed and reproduced in Canadian society. Drawing on the narratives of four affluent South Asian businessmen living in Toronto, this study examines the issue in light of the political and historical presence of South Asians in Canada, other immigrant entrepreneurship studies and sociological theories of capital formation and success. Ultimately, this study suggests (1) that there is a symbiotic relationship between "making it" and entrepreneurship, (2) that monetary wealth is the primary indicator of success in our society; (3) that race, class, gender and privilege affect one's chances for success, (4) that while the state determines who is eligible for citizenship, immigrants are held solely responsible for obtaining success, and (5) that rags-to-riches stories reinforce Canada's reputation as a benevolent and generous immigrant-receiving nation.
Notes: Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-89)

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