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Political Science Globalization

A Perilous Imbalance

The Globalization of Canadian Law and Governance

by (author) Stephen Clarkson & Stepan Wood

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2009
Category
Globalization, International
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774859165
    Publish Date
    Dec 2009
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774814898
    Publish Date
    Jul 2010
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774814881
    Publish Date
    Dec 2009
    List Price
    $95.00

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Description

Through an examination of Canadians' complicated roles as agents and objects of globalization, this book shows how Canada's experience of and contribution to globalized governance is characterized by serious imbalances. It explores these imbalances by tracing three interlinked developments: the emergence of a neoconservative supraconstitution, the transformation of the nation-state, and the growth of governance beyond the nation-state. Advocating a revitalized Canadian state as a vehicle for pursuing human security, ecological integrity, and social emancipation, and for creating spaces in which progressive, alternative forms of law and governance can unfold, this book offers a compelling analysis of the challenges that middle powers and their citizens face in a globalizing world.

About the authors

Christina McCall (1935-2005) was a writer of literary non-fiction who worked a socio-political analyst for Maclean's, Saturday Night, Chatelaine, and the Globe and Mail. Grits, her portrait of the Liberal Party, was acclaimed as "one of the most important Canadian books." With her husband, Stephen Clarkson, she co-authored Trudeau and Our Times, the classic two-volume study of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and his impact on Canadian society and politics, the first volume of which won the Governor General's Literary Award in 1990.

Stephen Clarkson's profile page

Stepan Wood's profile page

Awards

  • Short-listed, Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association