Phil Triadafilopoulos shortlisted for CPSA Donald Smiley Prize

May 27, 2013

Phil Triadafilopoulos’s book, Becoming Multicultural: Immigration and the Politics of Membership in Canada and Germany. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2012, has been shortlisted by the Canadian Political Science Association for the Donald Smiley Prize for best book of the year. The winner will be announced at the CPSA annual meeting in June.

 

Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, Becoming Multicultural: Immigration and the Politics of Membership in Canada and Germany. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2012.

Immigration and multiculturalism are among the most important challenges in Canadian politics and society, and yet sorely understudied by Canadian political scientists. Becoming Multicultural fills that gap admirably, bringing to bear important theoretical contributions from comparative politics and policy studies that help unravel why and how immigration policy has changed over time, and its complex relationship to multiculturalism. In a finely crafted methodological framework that compares the experiences of Canada and Germany, with a focus on the post-war era, the author is able to offer a compelling narrative that brings important insights into how nations, states, ideas and people collide through migration to remake notions of modern citizenship.