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Book SynopsisFifty years later, the book retains vast significance both for its powerful critique of social exclusivity in a country that prides itself on equality and diversity and for its influence on generations of sociological researchers.
Trade Review"This book is a 'must' for those seeking to understand Canadian society, its inner workings and motivations ... None will read it without being stimulated and better informed about our society." -- Tommy Douglas The Globe and Mail "The Vertical Mosaic is a milestone in Canadian intellectual history. Both academics and the general reading public have waited a long time for this study to appear. They have not been disappointed. In both richness of detail and rigour of analysis, it has few rivals.” -- Martin Robin American Political Science Review "The Vertical Mosaic will be a touchstone for social studies in Canada." -- Robert Fulford Toronto Star "Porter has written a masterpiece of empirical sociology, and no one can be properly informed about the structure of Canadian society until he has absorbed the contents of this monograph." -- New Society
Table of ContentsPart I: The Structure of Class 1. Class and Power: The Major Themes 2. Class, Mobility, and Migration 3. Ethnicity and Social Class 4. Classes and Incomes 5. Rural Decline and New Urban Strata 6. Social Class and Educational Opportunity Part II: The Structure of Power 7. Elites and the Structure of Power 8. The Concentration of Economic Power 9. The Economic Elite and Social Structure 10. The Structure of Organized Labout 11. The Labour Elite 12. The Canadian Political System 13. The Political Elite 14. The Federal Bureaucracy 15. The Ideological System: The Mass Media 16. The Ideological System: The Higher Learning and the Clergy 17. Relations Between Elites Appendixes 1. Class and Social Structure: Tables and Figures 2. The Concentration of Economic Power 3. How the Other Elites Were Selected
