Joining Empire : The Political Economy of the New Canadian Foreign Policy / Jerome Klassen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klassen, Jerome, author.

Series:

Studies in comparative political economy and public policy.

Studies in comparative political economy & public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoliberalism--Canada.

Neoliberalism.

Canada--Foreign relations--United States.

Canada.

United States--Foreign relations--Canada.

United States.

Canada--Foreign economic relations.

Canada--Foreign economic relations--United States.

United States--Foreign economic relations--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fresh assessment of the neoliberal political economy behind Canadian foreign policy from Afghanistan to Haiti, Joining Empire establishes Jerome Klassen as one of the most astute analysts of contemporary Canadian foreign policy and its relationship to US global power.

Contents:

pt. I Theory and Method

1. Understanding Empire: Theories of International Political Economy

pt. II American Power and Continental Integration

2. Hegemonic Liberalism: The Political Economy of US Primacy

3. Continental Neoliberalism and the Canadian Corporate Elite

pt. III Canadian Capital and Transnational Neoliberalism

4. The Internationalization of Canadian Capital

5. Transnational Class Formation: Globalization and the Canadian Corporate Network

pt. IV The Canadian State and Foreign Policy

6. Armoured Neoliberalism: The Power Bloc and the New Imperial State

7. One of the Big Boys: Canada in Afghanistan and Haiti.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Okt 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-6644-7

1-4426-6643-9

OCLC:

895193111