Canadian Political Economy

by Heather Whiteside (Editor)

Overview

In Canadian Political Economy, experts from a number of disciplinary backgrounds come together to explore Canada’s empirical political economy and the field's contributions to theory and debate. Considering both historical and contemporary approaches to CPE, the contributors pay particular attention to key actors and institutions, as well as developments in Canadian political-economic policies and practices, explored through themes of changes, crises, and conflicts in CPE. Offering up-to-date interpretations, analyses, and descriptions, Canadian Political Economy is accessibly written and suitable for students and scholars. In 17 chapters, the book’s topics include theory, history, inequality, work, free trade and fair trade, co-operatives, banking and finance, the environment, indigeneity, and the gendered politics of political economy. Linking longstanding debates with current developments, this volume represents both a state-of-the-discipline and a state-of-the-art contribution to scholarship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781487523480
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	11/19/2020
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.15(d)

About the Author

Heather Whiteside is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
List of Figures
Contributors

Introduction: Changes, Crises, and Conflicts in Canadian Political Economy (Heather Whiteside)

Section 1: Approaches to Canadian Political Economy

1. Historical Canadian Political Economy (Eric Helleiner)
2. Dependent Technological Change: The Long Arc of Canadian Innovation and Political Economic Development (Bruce Smardon)
3. Canada’s Continental Political Economy (Stephen McBride)
4. "Give me the Land, Call her by her Name": Colonial Crisis, Treaty Relationships and Indigenous Women’s Futurities (Gina Starblanket and Elaine Coburn)
5. Canadian Ecological Political Economy (Angela V. Carter)

Section 2: Agents in Canadian Political Economy

6. The Politics of Public Administration: Constructing the Neoliberal State (Bryan Evans)
7. Political Economy and the Canadian Working Class: Conflict, Crisis and Change
 (Charles W. Smith)
8. Corporations and Corporate Power (Jamie Brownlee)
9. Co-operatives (Julie L. MacArthur)
10. The Political Economy of the Non-profit Sector (Meghan Joy and John Shields)

Section 3. Applications of Canadian Political Economy

11. Inequality (John Peters)
12. Urban Political Economy, Poverty and Inequality in Canada (Carlo Fanelli and Carol-Anne Hudson)
13. The Political Economy of Social Policy in Canada (Peter Graefe)
14. Canadian Trade and Trade Agreements: Free or Fair? (Gavin Fridell)
15. Money and Finance (Mario Seccareccia and David Pringle)

Conclusion: Advancing Canadian Political Economy (Heather Whiteside)

What People are Saying About This

Byron Sheldrick

"An incredibly important volume, Canadian Political Economy is a constellation, bringing together significant and important research and taking stock of the discipline. Conforming to a high standard of scholarship, Heather Whiteside explores alternative forms of organizing, non-profit organizations, as well as topics of inequality, urban issues, and social policy, providing much needed attention to issues rarely explored in Canadian political economy."

Paul Kellogg

"Well-written and comprehensive, this book stands on its own as an intellectual contribution to the study of Canadian political economy. Heather Whiteside integrates key themes often not foregrounded in the literature, including social reproduction, settler-colonialism, and ecology, making it a major contribution to the discipline and a very useful resource for teaching."

Editorial Reviews

"An incredibly important volume, Canadian Political Economy is a constellation, bringing together significant and important research and taking stock of the discipline. Conforming to a high standard of scholarship, Heather Whiteside explores alternative forms of organizing, non-profit organizations, as well as topics of inequality, urban issues, and social policy, providing much needed attention to issues rarely explored in Canadian political economy."

—Byron Sheldrick, Department of Political Science, University of Guelph

"Well-written and comprehensive, this book stands on its own as an intellectual contribution to the study of Canadian political economy. Heather Whiteside integrates key themes often not foregrounded in the literature, including social reproduction, settler-colonialism, and ecology, making it a major contribution to the discipline and a very useful resource for teaching."

—Paul Kellogg, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Athabasca University

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