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Canada and the Challenges of International Development and Globalization

edited by Mahmoud Masaeli & Lauchlan T. Munro

Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2018
Subjects
Globalization, General, Globalization
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780776626383
    Publish Date
    Aug 2018
    List Price
    $44.99

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Description

What are Canada’s various links with international development and globalization? They extend beyond foreign aid to diplomacy, trade, finance, aid, immigration, military intervention (both peacekeeping and combat roles), membership in a variety of international organizations, relations with indigenous peoples, and people-to-people links.

This multi-disciplinary and multi-author textbook, designed for first- or second-year students, introduces the main concepts, theories, and perspectives that have shaped Canada’s interactions with developing countries in a globalizing world.

It starts by considering Canada as a case study in international development and globalization. It examines Canada’s diplomatic, economic, military, social, immigration and aid policies, how they have changed over time and how they have interacted with each other and with Canada’s treatment of Indigenous peoples. The book presents economic, political, and cultural dimensions of the process of globalization and the ways they affect Canada; examines the public institutions, private sector and civil society organizations in Canada; and explores the moral imperatives behind Canadian international policy. Finally, it examines current issues, including Canada’s promotion of human rights, democracy, good governance, support to the private sector, and relations with fragile and conflict-affected states and the emerging economies.

Finalist - PROSE Award, Textbook/Social Sciences January 2019
This book is published in English.
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Comment se déploient les interventions du Canada en matière de développement international et de mondialisation — Bien au-delà de l’aide à l’étranger, celles-ci touchent la diplomatie, le commerce, les finances, l’aide, l’immigration, les interventions militaires, l’adhésion à des organisations internationales et des liens entre personnes.
Conçu pour les étudiants de première et de deuxième année du premier cycle, ce manuel multidisciplinaire est une initiation aux principaux concepts, idées, théories et approches qui forment le contexte historique et les fondations mêmes des interactions du Canada avec les pays en développement à l’ère de la mondialisation.
Il aborde la question de la diplomatie canadienne et de son évolution, examine les politiques canadiennes en matière d’immigration, d’aide, de politique, d’économie, militaires et sociales. Il présente les dimensions économiques, politiques et culturelles du processus de mondialisation et les façons dont elles touchent le Canada, les institutions et politiques en lien avec le développement, les organismes du secteur privé et la société civile au Canada et les impératifs moraux qui sous-tendent la politique internationale canadienne. Enfin, il examine les droits humains, la démocratie, la bonne intendance, le soutien au secteur privé, les relations avec des états fragilisés et les liens avec les économies en émergence.
Finaliste - PROSE Award, Textbook/Social Sciences Janvier 2019
Ce livre est publié en anglais.

About the authors

Mahmoud Masaeli is Assistant Professor at the International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, and Lecturer at St-Paul University (Ottawa).

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Lauchlan T. Munro is Associate Professor at the School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa. Before joining the University of Ottawa, he served as Vice-President at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2008 to 2012).

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Awards

  • Short-listed, PROSE Award, Textbook/Social Sciences

Excerpt: Canada and the Challenges of International Development and Globalization (edited by Mahmoud Masaeli & Lauchlan T. Munro)

There are big debates about how the benefits of development are shared, about whether new technologies are always good, about the obvious and increasing impact of humans on our natural environment, and what role democracy, human rights and domination play.