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Political Science Globalization

From the Net to the Net

Atlantic Canada and the Global Economy

edited by James Sacouman & Henry Veltmeyer

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2005
Category
Globalization, Canadian, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551930510
    Publish Date
    Apr 2005
    List Price
    $40.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442602618
    Publish Date
    Apr 2005
    List Price
    $24.95

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Globalization appears inevitable and inescapable in its effects, all countries and people having to adjust to an irresistible force the best way they can—to insert themselves into the process under the most favourable conditions, or to make the best deal possible with a single global economy based on capitalist principles.

From the Net to the Net looks at the dynamics of this process as well as strategic responses. Appearances to the contrary, the process of globalization in this regional context is by no means inevitable, nor is it immutable. Diverse organizations of people in an increasingly organized "civil society" are coming together to mobilize the forces of opposition to globalization in its neoliberal form.

In Atlantic Canada, as elsewhere, a search for an alternative form of change is emerging, development and globalization that is participatory and liberating, sustainable in terms of both the environment and livelihoods, as well as equitable and socially inclusive.

About the authors

JAMES SACOUMAN is Professor Emeriti in the Department of Sociology at Acadia University.

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Henry Veltmeyer is Professor of International Development Studies at Saint Mary's University and adjunct professor of Political Science at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (Mexico). He is the author of numerous publications on the political economy of global and regional developments, including, most recently, System in Crisis (2003) and The Dynamics of Globalization/Antiglobalization (2004).

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