Ownership and Management Position of Canadian Ethnic Groups in 1973 and 1989
Year:
1995
Author :
Volume and number:
, 20
Collection:
, 2
Journal:
, Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie
Pages :
, 167-192
Abstract
La relation entre l'ethnicité et le positionnement des classes au Canada continue d'inspirer un grand nombre d'études érudites et de débats. Cependant, très peu de cette recherche s'est concentrée sur l'accès à la propriété des moyens de production ou au contrôle du travail. Le présent article analyse deux importants sondages nationaux en vue d'évaluer le positionnement des groupes ethniques au Canada en 1973 et en 1989, le tout dans une perspective des catégories de classes marxiennes. L'étude indique qu'en 1973 comme en 1989, les personnes d'origine anglaise n'étaient pas trop représentées parmi la classe des propriétaires. D'un autre côté, ces personnes étaient en effet, présentes en trop grand nombre dans les postes de gestion, phénomène qui a cependant diminué entre 1973 et 1989. À l'exception de la traditionnelle surreprésentation des Juifs au sein de la classes des propriétaires et de la trop faible représentation des francophones et des italophones dans la classe des gestionnaires, conjuguée à leurs nombres trop élevés parmi les travailleurs, la relation entre les origines ethniques et le positionnement des classes est en fluctuation continuelle.
The relationship between ethnicity and class position in Canada continues to attract a large body of scholarly research and debate. Little of the research on this relationship, however, has focused on access to the ownership of the means of production or to control of the labour process. This paper analyzes two large national surveys to evaluate the positions of Canadian ethnic groups in 1973 and 1989 along Marxian class categories. The findings indicate that those of English ancestry were not over-represented in ownership positions in either 1973 or 1989. Conversely, the analysis shows that those of English ancestry were over-represented in managerial positions. However, this over-representation declined from 1973 to 1989. Except for the traditional Jewish over-representation in the ownership class along with the under-representation of Italian and French groups in the managerial class and their over-representation in the working class, the relationship between ethnic origin and class position is in flux.
The relationship between ethnicity and class position in Canada continues to attract a large body of scholarly research and debate. Little of the research on this relationship, however, has focused on access to the ownership of the means of production or to control of the labour process. This paper analyzes two large national surveys to evaluate the positions of Canadian ethnic groups in 1973 and 1989 along Marxian class categories. The findings indicate that those of English ancestry were not over-represented in ownership positions in either 1973 or 1989. Conversely, the analysis shows that those of English ancestry were over-represented in managerial positions. However, this over-representation declined from 1973 to 1989. Except for the traditional Jewish over-representation in the ownership class along with the under-representation of Italian and French groups in the managerial class and their over-representation in the working class, the relationship between ethnic origin and class position is in flux.
Theme :
AnglophonesCanadaSocioeconomic
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