Canadian Society: Understanding and Surviving in the 1990s

Raj S. Gandhi is a sociology professor at the University of Calgary.

This book is a thought-provoking examination of Canadian society as it
approaches the 21st century. The contributors suggest both what will
happen and what can be done in such important realms as the environment,
the labor movement, Canada-Quebec relations, culture, and minority and
women’s rights. For Canadians, the challenge of the 1990s is to be
open to substantive social reform and societal reformulation, and to
continue to explore the troublesome connections between personal lives
and public issues.

The eight articles in the book—all by social scientists—are written
in jargon-free prose that nonspecialists will find easy to follow.
However, Canadian society exhibits a fast rate of change, and therefore
much of this material is already dated.