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Governing under Stress: Middle Powers and the Challenge of Globalization
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by Marjorie Griffin Cohen (Editor), Gordon Laxer (Editor), Stephen Clarkson (Editor)
Marjorie Griffin Cohen
Governing under Stress: Middle Powers and the Challenge of Globalization
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by Marjorie Griffin Cohen (Editor), Gordon Laxer (Editor), Stephen Clarkson (Editor)
Marjorie Griffin Cohen
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This volume is the first work to emerge from a major international comparative research project exploring the political economy of globalization. This inter-disciplinary team of scholars is focusing on the semi-periphery of world power. Whether defined in social, cultural, economic or simply spatial terms, 'semi-peripheral' countries share two qualities: they are conscious of their subordination to the hegemonic powers at the centre of the global system - the United States and the European Union; they are also strong enough to have some ability to resist their domination. The structural position of these middle powers in global capitalism is unlike those countries at the centre that do not experience domination, and different from those Third World countries on the periphery that have no means to achieve more cultural and political autonomy, more distinctive and diversified development, or greater social equity and better income redistribution.
Four countries in North America, Central America, Europe and the Antipodes - namely Canada, Mexico, Norway and Australia - have been selected in order to explore the complexities of globalization from the perspective of the semi-periphery. Opening chapters examine the international institutions, including the North America Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization and the European Union, which now amount to a quasi-constitutional conditioning framework for middle powers under globalization. In the second part, contributors detail the pressures with which these countries have to cope and consider their ability to pursue policies appropriate to the needs and democratically defined goals of each. And in the concluding part, after discussing the new economic, political and social issues of 'governing under stress', they appraise the possibilities for middle powers to chart distinctive national courses in the face of globalization's constraining challenge.
Four countries in North America, Central America, Europe and the Antipodes - namely Canada, Mexico, Norway and Australia - have been selected in order to explore the complexities of globalization from the perspective of the semi-periphery. Opening chapters examine the international institutions, including the North America Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization and the European Union, which now amount to a quasi-constitutional conditioning framework for middle powers under globalization. In the second part, contributors detail the pressures with which these countries have to cope and consider their ability to pursue policies appropriate to the needs and democratically defined goals of each. And in the concluding part, after discussing the new economic, political and social issues of 'governing under stress', they appraise the possibilities for middle powers to chart distinctive national courses in the face of globalization's constraining challenge.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781842773031 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publication date: | 08/01/2004 |
| Series: | Globalization and the Semi-Periphery |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.67(d) |
About the Author
Professor Stephen Clarkson is in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto. He was awarded the Canada-USA Fulbright Scholarship in 1999-2000, the Killam Senior Research Fellowship in 1999-2001 and the Woodrow Wilson International Fellowship in 2000-2001.
Marjorie Griffin Cohen is an economist who is professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She was Department Chair of Women's Studies from 1996-1999. She has published widely in her fields.
Professor Stephen Clarkson is in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto. He was awarded the Canada-USA Fulbright Scholarship in 1999-2000, the Killam Senior Research Fellowship in 1999-2001 and the Woodrow Wilson International Fellowship in 2000-2001.
Marjorie Griffin Cohen is an economist who is professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She was Department Chair of Women's Studies from 1996-1999. She has published widely in her fields.
Marjorie Griffin Cohen is an economist who is professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She was Department Chair of Women's Studies from 1996-1999. She has published widely in her fields.
Professor Stephen Clarkson is in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto. He was awarded the Canada-USA Fulbright Scholarship in 1999-2000, the Killam Senior Research Fellowship in 1999-2001 and the Woodrow Wilson International Fellowship in 2000-2001.
Marjorie Griffin Cohen is an economist who is professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She was Department Chair of Women's Studies from 1996-1999. She has published widely in her fields.
Table of Contents
PrefaceGordon Laxer 1. Introduction: States under SiegeMarjorie Griffin Cohen and Stephen Clarkson 2. Globalization and the Social QuestionJanine Brodie PART I. Semi-peripheral Countries: Norway, Mexico, Australia, Canada 3. Globalization in Norwegian: Peculiarities at the European FringeØyvind Østerud 4. Norway, the EEA, and Neo-liberal GlobalismDag Harald Claes and John Erik Fossum 5. The Rise and Fall of an ‘Organized Fantasy’: The Negotiation of Status as Periphery and Semi-periphery by Mexico and Latin AmericaTeresa Gutiérrez-Haces 6. Mexico: Relocating the State within a New Global RegimeAlejandro Alvarez 7. Australia: Asian Outpost or Big-time Financial Dealer?Dick Bryan 8. Australia: Neo-liberal Globalism and the Local StateRay Broomhill 9. Global Governance and the Semi-peripheral State: The WTO and NAFTA as Canada’s External ConstitutionStephen Clarkson 10. International Forces Driving Electricity Deregulation in the Semi-periphery: The Case of CanadaMarjorie Griffin Cohen PART II. Dealing with the Centre 11. Money on the (Continental) Margins: Dollarization Pressures in Canada and MexicoPaul Bowles 12. Taking Investments Too Far: Expropriations in the Semi-peripheryDavid Schneiderman 13. The Rule of Rules: International Agreements and the Semi-peripherySteven McBride and John Erik Fossum PART III. Comparing Economic Performance 14. Zonal Structure and the Trajectories of Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Norway under Neo-liberal GlobalizationSatoshi Ikeda About the Contributors Index
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