Globalization unplugged : sovereignty and the Canadian state in the twenty-first century

Author:Peter Urmetzer

Summary: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.

Print Book, English, 2005

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Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2005

Physical Description:x, 232 Seiten : Diagramme.

ISBN:

9780802037992, 9780802038555, 0802037992, 0802038557

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:238886075

Subjects:

Direktinvestition

Globalisierung

Kanada

Kanada Globalisierung Souveränität

Nationalstaat

Souveränität

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