LEADER 03993nam 2200661 450 001 9910456299803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99593-2 010 $a9786611995935 010 $a1-4426-7538-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442675384 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001789 035 $a(OCoLC)666904031 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10219136 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000297686 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11211870 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297686 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10334507 035 $a(PQKB)10206362 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00602039 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255229 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671559 035 $a(DE-B1597)464510 035 $a(OCoLC)944178168 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442675384 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671559 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257265 035 $a(OCoLC)958572009 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001789 100 $a20160922e20001998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGlobalization and the meaning of Canadian life /$fWilliam Watson 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2000. 210 4$dİ1998 215 $a1 online resource (327 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-8372-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Defining Moment -- $t2. The Globalization Hypothesis -- $t3. Four Hundred Years of Globalization -- $t4. Convergence? -- $t5. Home Truths -- $t6. Are We There Yet? -- $t7. Free to Choose -- $t8. False Premise -- $t9. Governing Misperceptions -- $t10. The American 'Governmental Habit' -- $t11. The Most Rugged Surviving Individualists' -- $t12. The American Lead -- $t13. Canadian Free Enterprise -- $t14. The Unimportance of Being Different -- $t15. Distinct Society? -- $t16. Cement for a Nation? -- $t17. The Rising Cost of Civilization -- $t18. The Psychic Costs of Government -- $t19. Virtually Canadian -- $t20. Do Countries Still Make Sense? -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aGlobalization, the dominant economic force of this era, is a phenomenon that invites misrepresentation and exaggeration. One of its results has been to introduce several false premises into this country's policy debates. So says William Watson, whose new book draws on economics and history to pose interesting challenges to modes of thinking that have become habitual in late twentieth-century Canadian life.Watson begins by pointing out that globalization is not new: Canadians have some 400 years' experience of being dependent on economic events in other countries. He goes on to show that deepening economic integration does not bind governments as tightly as much popular commentary suggests, but rather leaves room for considerable diversity in national economic and social policies. Although Canadians remain free to choose what size government they want, Watson argues that their decision to invest so much of their national identity in a larger-than-American state has been harmful to the country in ways that only now are becoming clear.This vigorously argued book offers much new insight and corrects many current misperceptions about Canadian affairs. Readers will welcome its lively mix of historical and contemporary perspectives. 606 $aGlobalization 607 $aCanada$xCivilization$y1945-$xForeign influences 607 $aCanada$xForeign economic relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGlobalization. 676 $a971.0648 700 $aWatson$b William G.$01042427 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456299803321 996 $aGlobalization and the meaning of Canadian life$92466644 997 $aUNINA