Anomie as powerlessness: sorting ethnic group prestige, class and gender

ID:	HARP-475
Title:	Anomie as powerlessness: sorting ethnic group prestige, class and gender
Source:	Canadian Ethnic Studies , v.25(2) 1993 pg 84-99
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Year:	1993
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Keywords:	Canada, China/Chinese, economic, social, and cultural rights, gender equality, Germany, human rights, Ukraine, Italy, Jewry, civil and political rights, self-determination, standard of living
Abstract:	In this Toronto study of seven ethnic groups we found that ethnic prestige and social class were major factors in predicting powerlessness and anomie. English Torontonians of higher social class and prestige scored lowest on anomie, while West Indians who were lowest in class status and ethnic prestige scored the highest on anomie. Germans, Jews, Ukrainians, Italians and Chinese ranked in between from low to high anomie. Overall, gender was not a deciding factor, although there was an interesting interaction between ethnic prestige and gender. Clearly, as class status and ethnic prestige rise, anomie declines.
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