Staples and beyond : selected writings of Mel Watkins / edited by Hugh Grant, David Wolfe ; introduction by Wallace Clement.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watkins, Mel, 1932-

Contributor:

Grant, H. M. (Hugh Murray), 1956-

Wolfe, David.

Series:

Carleton library series ; 210.

Carleton library series ; 210

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Canada.

Economics.

Canada--Economic conditions.

Canada.

Canada--Politics and government.

Canada--Economic policy--1945-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part 1 The Staple Theory of Development

1 A Staple Theory of Economic Growth (1963)

2 The Staple Theory Revisited (1977)

3 The Dene Nation: From Underdevelopment to Development (1977)

4 Canadian Capitalism in Transition (1997)

Part 2 Trade and Investment

5 The American System and Canada's National Policy (1967)

6 A New National Policy (1968)

7 The US-Canada Free Trade Agreement (1988)

8 The Waffle and the National Question (1990)

9 Foreign Ownership and Canadian Nationalism: Reflections on the Watkins Report (1993)

10 The Car and Canadian Political Economy: An Innisian Perspective (1994)

Part 3 Economics and Political Economy

11 The Dismal State of Economics in Canada (1970)

12 The Economics of Nationalism and the Nationality of Economics: A Critique of Neoclassical Theorizing (1978)

13 The Innis Tradition in Canadian Political Economy (1982)

14 Economics, Politics and the Relevance of Social Democracy (1989)

15 The Intellectual and the Public: A Neo-Innisian Perspective on the Contemporary English Canadian Condition (1994).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86737-7

9786612867378

0-7735-7693-2

OCLC:

759157075