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Author Urmetzer, Peter, 1955-

Title Globalization unplugged : sovereignty and the Canadian state in the twenty-first century / Peter Urmetzer
Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Studies in comparative political economy and public policy
Studies in comparative political economy and public policy.
Contents Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Life and Times of Globalization: An Unauthorized Biography -- 2 Marx, Globalization, and Modernity: What Is Old Becomes New Again -- 3 The World Economy -- 4 Trade -- 5 Foreign Direct Investment -- 6 The Financial Economy -- 7 The Retreat of the Nation-state -- 8 The Postwar Economy -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Note on Statistical Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T
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Summary The debate over economic globalization has reached a fever pitch in the past decade and a half with Western governments and multinational corporations trumpeting its virtues and a multitude of activists and developing-world citizens vociferously denouncing it. Both sides would agree that globalization is a recent development that is changing the way people and nations do business, but in Globalization Unplugged, Peter Urmetzer questions whether national economies are losing their sovereignty and whether the topic of globalization merits as much discussion as it receives. Urmetzer's focus is specifically on Canada and he demonstrates that current levels of trade are not unprecedented and, further, that as the economy becomes more service oriented, it will also become less trade dependent. He points out that only a relatively small percentage of Canada's wealth is owned by foreign investors and likewise, only a small portion of the country's wealth is located outside of its borders. Disputing claims that the nation-state is weakening or disappearing altogether, Urmetzer shows how the welfare-state side of government spending - conveniently ignored in the anti-globalization literature yet arguably the most significant development in the political economy of the nation-state in the twentieth century - remains remarkable stable. Written with precision and skill, Globalization Unplugged will spark controversy on both sides of the globalization debate and help deflate the rhetoric of both advocates and detractors
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Canada
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Canada -- Statistics
Globalization.
globalism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General.
Globalization
Globalization -- Economic aspects
Canada
Genre/Form Electronic books
Statistics
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004447810
ISBN 9781442675391
144267539X
9780802037992
0802037992
1282023632
9781282023635