Canada In The World

Canada In The World
Title Canada In The World PDF eBook
Author Tyler A. Shipley
Publisher Fernwood Publishing
Pages 535
Release 2020-07-25T00:00:00Z
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1773634046

Download Canada In The World Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

An accessible and empirically rich introduction to Canada’s engagements in the world since confederation, this book charts a unique path by locating Canada’s colonial foundations at the heart of the analysis. Canada in the World begins by arguing that the colonial relations with Indigenous peoples represent the first example of foreign policy, and demonstrates how these relations became a foundational and existential element of the new state. Colonialism—the project to establish settler capitalism in North America and the ideological assumption that Europeans were more advanced and thus deserved to conquer the Indigenous people—says Shipley, lives at the very heart of Canada. Through a close examination of Canadian foreign policy, from crushing an Indigenous rebellion in El Salvador, “peacekeeping” missions in the Congo and Somalia, and Cold War interventions in Vietnam and Indonesia, to Canadian participation in the War on Terror, Canada in the World finds that this colonial heart has dictated Canada’s actions in the world since the beginning. Highlighting the continuities across more than 150 years of history, Shipley demonstrates that Canadian policy and behaviour in the world is deep-rooted, and argues that changing this requires rethinking the fundamental nature of Canada itself.

The Servant State

The Servant State
Title The Servant State PDF eBook
Author Geoffrey McCormack
Publisher Fernwood Publishing
Pages 134
Release 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1552667847

Download The Servant State Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The global financial and industrial turmoil of recent years has once more brought the crisis-prone nature of the capitalist system to the forefront. In the context of economic stagnation and the retreat of working-class organizations, the rich and powerful around the world have redoubled their attack on the poor through neoliberal policies and austerity measures. In The Servant State, McCormack and Workman explore Canada’s experience through the “age of austerity” and highlight how this experience has been shaped by the exigencies of capitalist development and the catalyzing role of the Canadian state. The analytical standpoint is not that of the oppressed per se, but rather that of capitalism as a whole. They share the condemnation of the capitalist establishment, are appalled by the greed and avarice of the ruling elite and despair at the obscenities of the age; however, the critical spirit of their study is imbued less with a mood of indignation and more with assumptions and sensitivities about the inner tendencies of capitalism and the obliging role of the state. The struggle against contemporary excess and horror, they argue, must be framed with reference to the immuring tendencies of the capitalist order of things.

Forces of Production, Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Capitalism

Forces of Production, Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Capitalism
Title Forces of Production, Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Capitalism PDF eBook
Author Nicolas Graham
Publisher Studies in Critical Social Sci
Pages 256
Release 2022-01-07
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9781642596212

Download Forces of Production, Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Capitalism Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

In this brilliant reimagining of Marx's concept of forces of production, Graham shows that the power of fossil capital, not technological deficiency, enfetter any green-transition.

Capitalism and Dispossession

Capitalism and Dispossession
Title Capitalism and Dispossession PDF eBook
Author David P. Thomas
Publisher Fernwood Publishing
Pages 259
Release 2022-05-25T00:00:00Z
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1773635271

Download Capitalism and Dispossession Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This edited collection brings together a broad range of case studies to highlight the role of Canadian corporations in producing, deepening and exacerbating conditions of dispossession both at home and abroad. Rather than presented as instances of exceptional greed or malice, the cases are described as expected and inherent consequences of contemporary capitalism and/or settler colonialism. A core purpose of the book is to combine and synthesize analyses of dispossession within and outside of Canada. While the literature tends to treat the two as distinct and unrelated phenomena, these processes are often connected, as the normalization of settler colonialism at home can lead to indifference and acceptance of dispossession caused by Canadian companies abroad. This book brings local and global cases together in order to present a rigorous analysis of the role of Canadian corporate activity in processes of dispossession. The book includes a diversity of theoretical approaches related to the overarching theme of capitalism and dispossession; however, they share a critical analysis of capitalism and its implications on marginalized peoples at home and abroad. Included are political economy approaches that draw on the work of theorists such as David Harvey, important interventions from Indigenous and settler colonial studies, feminist approaches using the work of scholars such as Silvia Federici and the concept environmental racism, which draws on both critical race theory and environmental justice literature.

Canadian Capitalism

Canadian Capitalism
Title Canadian Capitalism PDF eBook
Author Jorge Niosi
Publisher Lorimer
Pages 248
Release 1981
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

Download Canadian Capitalism Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Who are the most powerful businessmen in Canada? How large is the corporate elite? And how much influence do the, foreign owners of branch plants have over the Canadian economy? investors. Author Jorge Niosi examines the anatomy of corporate, power in Canada, stressing the difference between the owners of' large corporations and the lawyers, accountants and others who advise and assist them. He compares the Anglo-Saxon business establishment with the francophone interests based mainly in Quebec.

Restructuring and Resistance

Restructuring and Resistance
Title Restructuring and Resistance PDF eBook
Author Mike Burke
Publisher Halifax, N.S. : Fernwood
Pages 400
Release 2000
Genre Political Science
ISBN

Download Restructuring and Resistance Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

"This collection surveys major areas of neoliberal policy restructuring by various levels of Canadian government. Unlike other academic studies it also considers theoretical and practical issues connected with movements of resistance against the neo-liberal agenda. Part one situates these developments theoretically in the context of globalizing capitalism and the changing role of the state, the labour market, policy formation and federalism. Section two examines six major areas of policy restructuring, ranging from health care and education to human rights and communication policy. The final section considers the strengths and weaknesses of current political strategies of resistance and the new challenges imposed by global capitalist restructuring. This volume provides both a vital assessment of the social consequences of neoliberal restructuring and a provocative contribution to the debate over the renewal of the left in Canada."--pub. desc.

Corporate Power and Canadian Capitalism

Corporate Power and Canadian Capitalism
Title Corporate Power and Canadian Capitalism PDF eBook
Author William K. Carroll
Publisher UBC Press
Pages 304
Release 2011-11-01
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0774844930

Download Corporate Power and Canadian Capitalism Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Challenging standard dependency theory, William Carroll argues from empirical evidence that Canada's financial-industrial elite have maintained and consolidated their competitive position at the centre of an inter-corporate network. Corporate Power and Canadian Capitalism thus acknowledges the unusually high degree to which capital is concentrated in a relatively few giant corporations in Canada, but it denies that these commercial interests are subordinated to American corporate capital. To test the validity of this new perspective on the transformation of indigenous capitalists into a national bourgeoisie, Carroll traces the accumulation of capital in the largest Canadian corporations and the institutional relations that have existed among the same firms since World War II. Instead of selling out to foreign capital, Canadian firms have in fact become increasingly interlocked, and Canadian-controlled firms have been and continue to be the focus of both the industrial and financial sectors, with foreign-controlled companies occupying decidedly peripheral positions. From this interpretative position, Canada's development is seen as markedly similar to that of other advanced capitalist countries, culminating in consolidation of control under an elite accompanied both by penetration of foreign economies by domestic financial capitalists and a concomitant penetration of the domestic economy by foreign capital.