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List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Chapter 1 Questions of Immigration;Globalization and Migration; Scope of the Book; Canada as an ImmigrantNation; Old-timers and Newcomers; The Immigration Question; Conclusion;Chapter 2 Immigration and Canada; Immigration and Nation Building;Immigration Policies in Historical Periods; Changes in Post-War War IICanadian Immigration Policy; Canada's Business Immigration Program; PostwarEuropean Immigration to Canada; Emergence of 'Visible Minorites' in Canada;Conclusion; Chapter 3 The Social Construction of Immigrants; The Amibiguityof the Term Immigrants; The Bureaucratic Definition of Immigrants; The FolkVersion of Immigrants; Immigrant as an Analytical Concept; Expectations aboutImmigrants; The Science of 'Benchmarking' Immigrants; Ideological Biases inBenchmarking Immigrants; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Immigration and Canada'sPopulation; The Nature of the Debate; Conflicting Assessments of Immigration;Immigration and Population Growth; Demographic Trends in Canada; Projectionsof Population Change; Population Size and Absorptive Capacity; Conclusion;Chapter 5 Economic Benefit of Immigration; Objectives of the ImmigrationProgram; Difficulties in Estimating Benefit of Immigration; Immigration andAggregate Productivity; Immigrants' Tax Contribution and Tax Burden;Immigrants' Earnings; Immigrants' Costs and Benefits; Immigrants and Canada'sLabour Force; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Human Capital of Immigrants; HumanCapital and Other Forms of Capital; Human Capital as Immigrant SelectionCriterion; Earnings Disparities; Social Inequality; Devaluation ofImmigrants' Educational Credentials; Gauging the Market Worth of Immigrants'Credentials; Types of Degree Holders and Their Gross Earnings; Net MarketWorth of Immigrant Degree Holders; Human Capital and Earnings; Conclusion;Chapter 7 Immigration and Diversity; The Demographic Reality of EthnicDiversity; Cultural Diversity and Social Cohesion; Multiculturalism andConformity; Linguistic Diversity and Language Loss; Cultural Diversity andGlobalization; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Immigrants and the City; Immigration andthe Growth of Cities; Immigrant Enclaves; Schools and Neighbourhoods;Affluent Areas and Prosperous Immigrants; Conclusion; Chapter 9 Immigrationand Canadian Society; The Immigration Question Revisited; The Limits ofPolicy Development; Biases in Public Discourse on Immigration; Racializationof Immigrants in Academic Research; Summary and Conclusion; Appendix; Notes;References; Author Index; Subject Index; Index