2010 Donald Smiley Prize

Winner: Kristin Good

Municipalities and Multiculturalism (Toronto: The University of Toronto Press, 2009)

Excerpt from jury report: This book will contribute to a renewal of urban policy studies in Canada. By combining a critical questioning of multiculturalism with an in-depth examination of integration and accommodation policies in eight communities in two major Canadian metropolitan areas, Kristin Good establishes the basis for a new field of research and reflection, one in which generally accepted ideas on local democracy, skill sharing and social change are shattered. Her approach relies on a well-developed theoretical framework that allows the author to reveal the profound effect of the demographic and cultural transformations that accompany mass immigration. The effective structure of this well-documented, well-written work predisposes it to be quickly embraced as a course textbook on local politics, but will also find a wide readership among all who are interested in the question of immigration. Kristin R. Good is Assistant Professor with the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University.