Canada and the challenges of international development and globalization /
"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 organisations, and people-t...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ottawa, Ontario :
University of Ottawa Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Studies in international development and globalization.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Detailed Table of Contents; Foreword; How to Use This Textbook: Notes for Students, Professors, and Teaching Assistants; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Part I Introduction: Basic Concepts; Chapter 1: Canada as an Example of International Development and Globalization; Overview; Learning Objectives; A Family History; Canada, Colonialism, Globalization, and the British Connection; The Francophone Fact in Canada's History; The Canadian Confederation; Turtle Island-North America from an Indigenous Perspective; Canada Yesterday and Today.
- Canada and the Processes of "Development" and "Globalization"Conclusion; Questions for Further Learning; Suggested Readings; Suggested Videos; Suggested Websites; Works Cited; Chapter 2: International Development: An Overview of Definitions, Historical Evolution, and Debates; Overview; Learning Objectives; Theory and Practice of Development: From National to International; Opposite Winds Blow; Development Is Restructured!; From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals: Worldwide Solutions?; Conclusion; Questions for Further Learning; Suggested Readings; Suggested Websites.
- Suggested VideosWorks Cited; Chapter 3: Globalization: Definitions, Debates, and Relation to International Development; Overview; Learning Objectives; What is Globalization?; Conceptualizations of Globalization; Three worlds of globalization; Three models of the political economyof globalization and development; Institutionalizing Globalization; Policy Convergence and Divergence; Structural Adjustment Policies and International Organizations; Developing Countries' Resistance to Neoliberalism; The Left in Latin America; Manipulating the new constitutionalism.
- Global governance and sustainabilitySustainable Development and Globalization; Conclusion; Questions for Further Learning; Suggested Readings; Suggested Videos; Suggested Websites; Works Cited; Part II Canada and the Developing Countries since 1945; Chapter 4: Canada's Aid Program since 1945; Overview; Learning Objectives; Beginnings; The Colombo Plan Experience and Aid in the 1950s; African Independence; Organizational Change; Storming and Norming; Two Key Issues in Development Assistance; Women in development/gender equality; Tied aid; Canadian Aid Expenditures; Canadian Aid Strategies.
- Global Rebuilding and Re-engagementRecent Organizational Developments; Conclusion; Questions for Further Learning; Suggested Readings; Suggested Videos; Suggested Websites; Works Cited; Chapter 5: Canada's Military and the Developing Countries since 1945; Overview; Learning Objectives; Introduction; What Is the Issue?; A Brief History of Canada's Military in Developing Countries, 1945-present; 1945-1968: A crossroads for Canada and the world; Canada in Korea; Canada and the Suez Crisis; Canada in Sub-Saharan Africa; 1968-1991: Canada as a multilateral middle power.
