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Staples and Beyond : Selected Writings of Mel Watkins

By Mel Watkins

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780773576933, 9780773531444
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2128402 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
302\302
Time added
2023-08-12 08:07:24
POL023000; POL024000

Description

This collection brings together Watkins' most important scholarly articles. In Staples and Beyond Watkins addresses the "staple thesis" of Canadian economic and political development and, in particular, the effort to extend Harold Innis' work by giving more explicit consideration to class relations and the role of the state. He considers the historical nature of Canada's economic dependency in relation to tariff barriers, foreign investment, the multi-national corporation, and wide-ranging free trade and investment agreements. He also examines the evolution of economics and political economy as academic disciplines and reflects on the relationship between intellectual scholarship and political activism.

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