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Urmetzer (sociology, U. of British Columbia at Okanagan, Canada) uses the case of the Canadian economy to question conventional assumptions and arguments about globalization from the right and the left. After placing global capitalism in historical context, he investigates international flows of trade to and from Canada, patterns of foreign direct investment, the divergence of the productive and financial economies, and the role of the Canadian state within globalization. He concludes with an argument that there haven't really been essential, fundamental changes in the world economy since World War II, instead suggesting that the current economy is simply going through a very mundane process of economic contraction. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
