Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-322) and index.

Ch. 1. Human Unity and Cultural Diversity: The Janus-Faced Underpinnings of Human Rights and Racism -- Ch. 2. The Anatomy of Racism: Key Concepts -- Ch. 3. The Anatomy of Ethnicity -- Ch. 4. Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity -- Ch. 5. Social Stratification: Human Rights Violations and the Social Construction of Ethnic and Other Minorities -- Ch. 6. The Vertical Ethnic Mosaic: The Canadian System of Ethnic Stratification -- Ch. 7. Ethnic Integration: Models, Policies, and Realities -- Ch. 8. Minority Protest Movements: The Politicization of Ethnicity -- Ch. 9. The Legal Framework for Protection of Minority Rights in Canada: Human Rights Statutes -- Ch. 10. The Legal Framework for Protection of Minority Rights in Canada: the Canadian Constitution and its Charter of Rights and Freedoms -- Appendix A Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN 1948) -- Appendix B (Constitution Act, 1982, Part I) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms -- Appendix C (Constitution Act, 1982, Part II) Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada -- Appendix D: Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (UN 1992).