The vertical mosaic revisited
By: edited by Rick Helmes-Hayes and James Curtis.
Contributors: Helmes-Hayes, Richard C. 1951-; Curtis, James E.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Porter, John, 1921-1979.; Porter, John, 1921-1979.; Social classes -- Canada.; Power (Social sciences) -- Canada.; Classes sociales -- Canada.; Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) -- Canada.; Canada -- Social conditions -- 1991-; Canada -- Conditions sociales -- 1991-
Description: When The Vertical Mosaic first appeared in 1965, it became an instant classic. Its key message was that Canada was not the classless democracy it fancied itself to be. In fact, Canada was a highly inegalitarian society comprising a 'vertical mosaic' of distinct classes and ethnic groups.

This collection of papers by five of Canada's top sociologists subjects John Porter's landmark study to renewed scrutiny and traces the dramatic changes since Porter's time - both in Canadian society and in the agenda of Canadian sociology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Based on a colloquium held at the University of Waterloo, Nov. 9-10, 1995.
Table of contents: title: Power, ethnicity, and class: reflections thirty years after The vertical mosaic / Wallace Clement; title: Ethnicity and race in social organization: recent developments in Canadian society / Raymond Breton; title: Missing women: a feminist perspective on The vertical mosaic / Pat Armstrong; title: Three decades of elite research in Canada: John Porter's unfulfilled legacy / Michael Ornstein; title: Social justice, social citizenship, and the welfare state, 1965-1995: Canada in comparative context / Julia S. O'Connor.