Joining Empire: The Political Economy of the New Canadian Foreign Policy

Jerome Klassen

Published by University of Toronto Press 2014

Joining Empire

The Political Economy of the New Canadian Foreign Policy

Jerome Klassen

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442666436

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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.

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KlassenJerome :

Jerome Klassen is a Research Fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies.

Reviews

Paul Kellog:

"Klassen’s book makes an important and worthwhile contribution to contemporary political science."

Bill Burgess:

‘We now have a theoretically sophisticated and up-to-date account of how Canadian foreign and security policy expresses the class interests of Canadian capital.’

A.F. Johnson:

‘This is political economy scholarship at its best… This study’s importance is not just Canada-centric; its theoretical framework and methodology are relevant to scholars researching foreign policy in other Western nation-states…. Highly recommended.’

David Plazek:

‘Considering the dominance of Neoliberalism, this contribution could not be timelier… Klassen’s greatest theoretical contribution is how he ties together the vectors of Empire to provide a well-rounded view of capitalism.’

Neil Burron:

‘Joining Empire is perhaps the most lucid and empirically grounded analysis of the formation of the transnationalized fraction of the Canadian corporate elite and the development of an imperial power bloc to date… This book is a major contribution and deserves to be widely read.’

Laura Macdonald, Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University:
“Joining Empire makes a major contribution to the analysis of recent changes in Canadian class formation. Jerome Klassen’s empirical research is extremely impressive, and he displays a deep knowledge of the literature on both Canadian political economy and Canadian foreign policy.”

Noam Chomsky, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
“With a far-reaching and insightful analysis of a rich array of comparative evidence, and a careful critical analysis of the literature, Klassen shows persuasively that there has been no ‘hollowing out of corporate Canada,’ as commonly alleged, but rather reconstruction of Canadian capital within a more general process of elite reproduction in North America. Of particular interest is Klassen’s penetrating review of social movements that are seeking to come to grips with these processes and shape a more humane and just future. A very significant study, with implications far beyond the important and revealing case of Canada.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Figures And Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
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Joining Empire The Political Economy Of The New Canadian Foreign Policy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Introduction: Political Economy And The New Canadian Foreign Policy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Part I Theory And Method
1.Understanding Empire: Theories Of International Political Economy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Part II American Power And Continental Integration
2.Hegemonic Liberalism: The Political Economy Of Us Primacy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
3. Continental Neoliberalism And The Canadian Corporate Elite Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Part III Canadian Capital And Transnational Neoliberalism
4.The Internationalization Of Canadian Capital Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
5. Transnational Class Formation: Globalization And The Canadian Corporate Network Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Part IV.The Canadian State And Foreign Policy
6. Armoured Neoliberalism: The Power Bloc And The New Imperial State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
7. One Of The Big Boys: Canada In Afghanistan And Haiti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Conclusion: Canada And Empire – The Counterconsensus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 344
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- Other: 22 figures

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Published: October 8, 2018
ISBN: 9781442666436