| Abstrakt: |
The article focuses on the issue of ethnicity and class identity in the case of French-and-English-speaking Canadians. Class and ethnicity are frequently viewed as combining to produce powerful forms of group consciousness. French-speaking Canadians in all regions hold a predominantly working class identity. French and English language groups in Canada offer a suggestive case study because of the variation in ethnic identity among French-speaking population inside and outside Quebec province. According to the data on socio-economic position and on ethnic identity for French and English groups, classified by residence in or outside the province, English-speaking of Quebec hold the highest socio-economic standing, English-Canadians from the remainder are the next followed by French-speaking Quebecans and finally by French-Canadians living outside the province. Survey evidence, consistent across several data sets, revealed that Quebecans, a group with strong ethnic identity, have considerably above average strength of class identity. French-Canadians living outside the province score much lower on class identity. |
