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Capitalism and Dispossession

Corporate Canada at Home and Abroad

June 7, 2022 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9781773634784
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Description

This edited collection brings together a broad range of case studies to highlight the role of Canadian corporations in producing, deepening and exacerbating conditions of dispossession both at home and abroad. Rather than presented as instances of exceptional greed or malice, the cases are described as expected and inherent consequences of contemporary capitalism and/or settler colonialism. A core purpose of the book is to combine and synthesize analyses of dispossession within and outside of Canada. While the literature tends to treat the two as distinct and unrelated phenomena, these processes are often connected, as the normalization of settler colonialism at home can lead to indifference and acceptance of dispossession caused by Canadian companies abroad. This book brings local and global cases together in order to present a rigorous analysis of the role of Canadian corporate activity in processes of dispossession.

The book includes a diversity of theoretical approaches related to the overarching theme of capitalism and dispossession; however, they share a critical analysis of capitalism and its implications on marginalized peoples at home and abroad. Included are political economy approaches that draw on the work of theorists such as David Harvey, important interventions from Indigenous and settler colonial studies, feminist approaches using the work of scholars such as Silvia Federici and the concept environmental racism, which draws on both critical race theory and environmental justice literature.

About this Author

David P. Thomas (Edited by) David P. Thomas is an associate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Mount Allison University, on unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and Mi'kmaw Peoples. His teaching and research interests focus on the role of Canadian actors abroad and on international political economy.

Veldon Coburn (Edited by) Veldon Coburn is an assistant professor in the Institute of Canadian and Aboriginal Studies at the University of Ottawa. Veldon is Anishinaabe, a member of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn.

ISBN: 9781773634784
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 272
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Published: 2022-06-07

Reviews

Drawing lessons from the struggles in this book and applying them to local contexts will show that solidarity and progress are not automatic, and only come from sustained organising that is inclusive but also focused. Capitalism & Dispossession is a gift to everyone doing this work.

"Timely, relevant and well conceived, with excellent case studies and authors. I like it a lot."

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