Migrant and Immigrant Families in Canada

State Coercion and Legal Control in the Formation of Ethnic Families

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ID3003396
AuthorsVic Satzewich (0000-0003-3043-7695, University of Lethbridge, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume24
Issue3
Pages315-338
Publication date1993-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.24.3.315
OpenAlexW2980170763
LanguageEN
Citations received5

The central question addressed in this paper is how are immigrant families formed in Canada? This paper suggests that the 'immigrant family' is not a fixed, unchanging and primordial attribute of ethnic culture. The forms that foreign-born families have taken in Canada reflect a complex intersection of subjective intentions of migrant groups and structural constraints stemming from the labour market, immigration policy and racism. The state, through its role in regulating the manner in which the boundaries of the nation are to be breached, plays a fundamental role not only in selecting certain groups of immigrants but also in constituting certain forms of familial relationships

Coercion (linguistics) · Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Immigration · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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