Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life /

Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life / / William Watson.

Globalization, the dominant economic force of this era, is a phenomenon that invites misrepresentation and exaggeration. One of its results has been to introduce several false premises into this country's policy debates. So says William Watson, whose new book draws on economics and history to p...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Watson, William,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1998
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I: Globalization
  • 1. Defining Moment
  • 2. The Globalization Hypothesis
  • 3. Four Hundred Years of Globalization
  • 4. Convergence?
  • 5. Home Truths
  • 6. Are We There Yet?
  • 7. Free to Choose
  • Part II: The Meaning of Canadian Life
  • 8. False Premise
  • 9. Governing Misperceptions
  • 10. The American 'Governmental Habit'
  • 11. The Most Rugged Surviving Individualists'
  • 12. The American Lead
  • 13. Canadian Free Enterprise
  • 14. The Unimportance of Being Different
  • 15. Distinct Society?
  • 16. Cement for a Nation?
  • 17. The Rising Cost of Civilization
  • 18. The Psychic Costs of Government
  • 19. Virtually Canadian
  • 20. Do Countries Still Make Sense?
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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