Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life - Hardcover

Watson, William G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802042201 ISBN 13: 9780802042200

Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Globalization, the dominant economic force of this era, is a phenomenon that invites distortion and exaggeration. One result has been the introduction of several false premises into this country's policy debates. So says William Watson, whose new book draws on economics and history to pose convincing challenges to modes of thinking that have become habitual in late twentieth-century. Canadian life.

Watson begins by pointing out that globalization is not new: Canadians have some 400 years' experience in being dependent on economic events in other countries. He goes on to show that deepening economic integration does not bind governments as tightly as much popular commentary suggests, but rather leaves room for considerable diversity in national economics and social policies. Although Canadians remain free to choose what size government they want, Watson argues that their decision to invest so much of their national identity in a larger-than-American state has been harmful to the country in ways that only now are becoming clear.

This vigorously argued book offers much new insight and corrects many current misperceptions about Canadian affairs. Readers will welcome its lively mix of historical and contemporary perspectives.

About this title

About the Author:

William Watson is associate professor of Economics at McGill University and editorial-pages editor for the Ottawa Citizen; and in 1989 he won a National Magazine Award for Humour.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0802042201
• ISBN 13: 9780802042200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 314