{"product_id":"joining-empire-9781442614604","title":"Joining Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fresh assessment of the neoliberal political economy behind Canadian foreign policy from Afghanistan to Haiti, Joining Empire establishes Jerome Klassen as one of the most astute analysts of contemporary Canadian foreign policy and its relationship to US global power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Joining Empire is perhaps the most lucid and empirically grounded analysis of the formation of the transnationalized fraction of the Canadian corporate elite and the development of an imperial power bloc to date... This book is a major contribution and deserves to be widely read.' -- Neil Burron Canadian Journal of Sociology, vol 41:01:2016 'Considering the dominance of Neoliberalism, this contribution could not be timelier... Klassen's greatest theoretical contribution is how he ties together the vectors of Empire to provide a well-rounded view of capitalism.' -- David Plazek American Review of Canadian Studies, February 2016 'This is political economy scholarship at its best... This study's importance is not just Canada-centric; its theoretical framework and methodology are relevant to scholars researching foreign policy in other Western nation-states... Highly recommended.' -- A.F. Johnson Choice Magazine vol 52:11:2015 'We now have a theoretically sophisticated and up-to-date account of how Canadian foreign and security policy expresses the class interests of Canadian capital.' -- Bill Burgess Labour\/Le Travail, vol 76: Fall 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Political Economy and the New Canadian Foreign Policy  Part I: Theory and Method  1. Understanding Empire: Theories of International Political Economy  Part II: American Power and Continental Integration  2. Hegemonic Liberalism: The Political Economy of US Primacy  3. Continental Neoliberalism and the Canadian Corporate Elite  Part III: Canadian Capital and Transnational Neoliberalism  4. Global Exploitation: The Internationalization of Canadian Capital  5. Transnational Class Formation: Globalization and the Canadian Corporate Network  Part IV: The State and Foreign Policy  6. Armoured Neoliberalism: The Power Bloc and the New Imperial State  7. One of the Big Boys: Canada in Afghanistan and Haiti  Conclusion: Canada and Empire: The Counter-Consensus","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359424840023,"sku":"9781442614604","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442614604.jpg?v=1754124608","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/joining-empire-9781442614604","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}