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Examines issues of ethnic match & the role of the ethnic polity in Canada. The history of Canadian ethnic/racial diversity is traced, noting that it was often seen as a problem, rather than a valued feature of society. The state's role in the integration of ethnic minorities is explored, maintaining that there are no simple answers, nor easy policy dimensions, when dealing with pluralism in a liberal-democratic society. Ethnic match, considered a tool for providing culturally sensitive services, has three dimensions: ethnic origin of personnel delivering the service, sponsorship by an ethnospecific organization, & a practice informed by ethnospecific knowledge. How ethnic groups mobilize to make collective political decisions & interact with outside political bodies is discussed. It is contended that the ethnic polity in Canada is functioning increasingly like lobby groups, although they tend to operate on a different plane than other interest groups. Prospects for future resolutions to Canada's often contradictory multicultural issues are discussed. 1 Table, 32 References. J. Lindroth

Introduces an edited Vol that overviews the future of capitalist diversity in the wake of Maastricht neoliberalism & global deregulation. The literature on capital diversity has consistently argued that nation-states possess the capacity to shape capitalism according to nontrivial local preferences. This framework appeared to explain the gravitation of some national economies toward strongly institutionalist forms, while others moved toward more pure market economies. However, in recent years, it has become increasingly clear that strongly institutional economies are coming under global economic pressures to conform to a new style of international capitalism that prefers pure-market arrangements. This has raised the issue of the relative competitiveness of institutionalized capitalist forms & the future of capitalist diversity. It is suggested that, in the near future, these global economic pressures are likely to destroy a range of governance mechanisms in institutional economies, favor pure-market arrangements, & promote convergence. D. Ryfe

"One of the economic benefits of immigration is that the diversity of the population is enhanced. Diversity, it is argued, enriches the environment in which individuals live and trade and may contribute to greater creativity. What does diversity mean? Do current immigration policies enhance diversity? To the extent that there are gains from diversity, they come through the interaction of individuals from one culture or background with individuals from another. A good partner in the interaction has different skills, has skills that are relevant to one's own activity, and is a person with whom one can communicate. The argument in favor of diversity is evaluated both theoretically and empirically using the 1990 Census. Diversity cannot be the justification of U.S. immigration policy. Indeed, current immigration policy fails to promote diversity. Further, the results suggest that our immigration policy has resulted in differences in the characteristics of immigrants that reflect the effects of selection as much as they do the underlying characteristics of the populations from which the immigrants are drawn. Balanced immigration, perhaps implemented through the sale of immigration slots, would do more to enrich the diversity of the US population." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))