Description
Book SynopsisSocial science researchers from both within and outside of government collaborate to examine how research can and should be used as a foundation for the development of public policy.
Trade ReviewThe authors of Aboriginal Conditions are unapologetically quantitative in their approach, and, it must be said, sophisticatedly and successfully so. Ultimately, I think this book represents an important addition to any serious discussions regarding Aboriginal issues in Canada and I highly recommend its adoption in any number of courses with Aboriginal issues content. -- Chris Anderson, School of Native Studies, University of Edmonton * The American Review of Canadian Studies, Spring 2005 *
Grounded in recent research, this book successfully identifies key issues bearing on the current social challenges Aboriginal people face in Canada. -- Nathalie Piquemal, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba * Great Plains Research, Spring 2005 *
Table of ContentsTables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Focus of Aboriginal Conditions / Jerry P. White
Part 1: Thinking Outside the Box: Building Models Based on Communities / Jerry P. White
1. Social Capital, Social Cohesion, and Population Outcomes in Canada’s First Nations Communities / Jerry P. White and Paul S. Maxim
Part 2: The Limits of Our Knowledge and the Need to Refine Understandings / Jerry P. White
2. Perils and Pitfalls of Aboriginal Demography: Lessons Learned from the RCAP Projections / Don Kerr, Eric Guimond, and Mary Jane Norris
3. Impacts of the 1985 Amendments to the Indian Act on First Nations Populations / Stewart Clatworthy
4. Changing Ethnicity: The Concept of Ethnic Drifters / Eric Guimond
5 . Aboriginal Mobility and Migration Patterns and the Policy Implications / Mary Jane Norris, Marty Cooke, and Stewart Clatworthy
Part 3: Confronting Culture with Science: Language and Public Policy / Jerry P. White
6 . Aboriginal Language Retention and Socio-Economic Development: Theory and Practice / Erin O’Sullivan
7. Aboriginal Language Transmission and Maintenance in Families: Results of an Intergenerational and Gender-Based Analysis for Canada, 1996 / Mary Jane Norris and Karen MacCon
Part 4: Measuring and Predicting Capacity and Development / Jerry P. White
8. An Application of the United Nations Human Development Index to Registered Indians in Canada, 1996 / Daniel Beavon and Martin Cooke
9. Dispersion and Polarization of Income among Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Canadians / Paul S. Maxim, Jerry P. White, and Dan Beavon
10. Toward an Index of Community Capacity: Predicting Community Potential for Successful Program Transfer / Paul S. Maxim and Jerry P. White
Conclusion: The Research-Policy Nexus -- What Have We Learned? / Jerry P. White
Index
