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Staples and beyond : selected writings of Mel Watkins / edited by Hugh Grant, David Wolfe ; introduction by Wallace Clement.
- Title
- Staples and beyond : selected writings of Mel Watkins / edited by Hugh Grant, David Wolfe ; introduction by Wallace Clement.
- Author
- Watkins, Mel, 1932-
- Publication
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006.
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| Text | Request in advance | HC115 .W357 2006 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxv, 275 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Mel Watkins is an iconic figure in the development of the "new" political economy in Canada. Since the 1960s he has combined scholarly writing with political activism on a range of issues, from Canada's economic dependency on the US to the role of social democratic parties to aboriginal rights. This collection brings together Watkins' most seminal writings. In Staples and Beyond Watkins addresses the "staple thesis" of Canadian economic and political development and, in particular, the effort to extend Harold Innis's 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. Taken together, the papers in this volume provide an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the nature of the Canadian economy and the political options for forging a more independent and equitable country. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Carleton library series ; 210
- Uniform Title
- Carleton library series 210.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction : Mel Watkins and the foundations of the new Canadian political economy / Wallace Clement -- Pt. 1. The staple theory of development -- 1. A staple theory of economic growth -- 2. The staple theory revisited -- 3. The Dene nation : from underdevelopment to development -- 4. Canadian capitalism in transition -- Pt. 2. Trade and investment -- 5. The American system and Canada's national policy -- 6. A new national policy -- 7. The US-Canada free trade agreement -- 8. The waffle and the national question -- 9. Foreign ownership and Canadian nationalism : reflections on the Watkins report -- 10. The car and Canadian political economy : an Innisian perspective -- Pt. 3. Economics and political economy
- ISBN
- 0773531440
- 9780773531444
- 0773531459 (pbk.)
- 9780773531451 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2007275788
- OCLC
- 65948325
- SCSB-11992322
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library