From the Net to the Net : : Atlantic Canada and the Global Economy / / ed. by James Sacouman, Henry Veltmeyer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Clow, Michael,; Colman, Ronald,; Dodds, Colin,; Good, Tom,; MacAulay, Scott,; McFarland, Joan,; Moore, Barbara,; Sacouman, James,; Thomson, Anthony,; Veltmeyer, Henry,; Workman, Thorn,
• HerausgeberIn: Sacouman, James,; Veltmeyer, Henry,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

Published Under the Garamond ImprintGlobalization appears inevitable and inescapable in its effects, all countries and people having to adjust to an irresistible force the best way they can-to insert themselves into the process under the most favourable conditions, or to make the best deal possible with a single global economy based on capitalist principles.From the Net to the Net looks at the dynamics of this process as well as strategic responses. Appearances to the contrary, the process of globalization in this regional context is by no means inevitable, nor is it immutable. Diverse organizations of people in an increasingly organized "civil society" are coming together to mobilize the forces of opposition to globalization in its neoliberal form.In Atlantic Canada, as elsewhere, a search for an alternative form of change is emerging, development and globalization that is participatory and liberating, sustainable in terms of both the environment and livelihoods, as well as equitable and socially inclusive.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contributing Authors -- Contents -- Introduction: Towards a New Political Economy of Development in Atlantic Canada -- Chapter 1: Rethinking Underdevelopment in Atlantic Canada -- Chapter 2: Just More of the Same? Confederation and Globalization -- Chapter 3: Capitalist Restructuring on Canada's East Coast -- Chapter 4: Income Distribution in Nova Scotia, 2000 -- Chapter 5: The Decaying Social Compact in Atlantic Canada -- Chapter 6: Call Centres: A New Solution to an Old Problem? -- Chapter 7: Contradictions in Community Economic Development: New Dawn Enterprises -- Chapter 8: State Employment and Trade Unionism: Signs of Renewal? -- Chapter 9: Policy Issues in the Trade Union Movement: Two Views from Labour -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index