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Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2000Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (327 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442675384
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian LifeDDC classification:
  • 333.709
LOC classification:
  • F1021.2 .W387 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: Globalization is not new: Canadians have some 400 years' experience of being dependent on economic events in other countries. Watson shows that economic integration leaves room for considerable diversity in national economics and social policies.
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Intro -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Globalization is not new: Canadians have some 400 years' experience of being dependent on economic events in other countries. Watson shows that economic integration leaves room for considerable diversity in national economics and social policies.

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