Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity

1. The Making of Racial and Ethnic Categories: Official Statistics Reconsidered
Patrick Simon, Victor Piché, Amélie A. Gagnon

Part I. Comparative Accounts of Ethnic Statistics

2. Ethnic Classification in Global Perspective: A Cross-National Survey of the 2000 Census Round
Ann Morning

3. ‘Inside Out’: The Politics of Enumerating the Nation by Ethnicity
Tahu Kukutai, Victor Thompson

Part II. Enumeration and Identity Politics

4. The Choice of Ignorance: The Debate on Ethnic and Racial Statistics in France
Patrick Simon

5. Ethnic and Linguistic Categories in Quebec: Counting to Survive
Victor Piché

6. Brazilian Ethnoracial Classification and Affirmative Action Policies: Where Are We and Where Do We Go?
José Luis Petruccelli

7. The Ethnic Question: Census Politics in Great Britain
Debra Thompson

Part III. Measurement Issues and Competing Claims

8. Counting Ethnicity in Malaysia: The Complexity of Measuring Diversity
Shyamala Nagaraj, Tey Nai-Peng, Ng Chiu-Wan, Lee Kiong-Hock, Jean Pala

9. The Growth of Ethnic Minorities in Uruguay: Ethnic Renewal or Measurement Problems?
Wanda Cabella, Rafael Porzecanski

10. The Objective Approaches of Ethnic Origins in Belgium: Methodological Alternatives and Statistical Implications
Nicolas Perrin, Luc Dal, Michel Poulain

11. Social Inequalities and Indigenous Populations in Mexico: A Plural Approach
Olivier Barbary

12. Fuzzy Definitions and Demographic Explosion of Aboriginal Populations in Canada from 1986 to 2006
Éric Guimond, Norbert Robitaille, Sacha Senecal

Keywords: Social Sciences, Migration, Population Economics, Sociology, general, Political Science, Human Geography