Canadian State Book Launch and Panel Discussion

Join us in person on March 30 at 3 p.m. for the launch of The Canadian State. The event will feature a panel discussion with the book’s editors, Heather Whiteside (Political Science, Balsillie School of International Affairs Fellow, University of Waterloo), Stephen McBride (Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Globalization, McMaster University), and Julie MacArthur (Canada Research Chair in Reimagining Capitalism, School of Business, Royal Roads University)—followed by a Q&A.

Light refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to everyone.

About the book

Inspired by trailblazing work in the field, this wide-ranging collection makes an essential and timely intervention through new theoretical contributions that build on decades of critical analysis of the Canadian state as an agent active in capitalist development in a global era. The Canadian State explores the state’s distinctive role in the development of a political economy shaped by capitalism and settler colonialism. Paying critical attention to how the state exercises accumulation, legitimation, and coercion in unique ways, the book provides an essential guide to understanding the multidimensional character of Canada's contemporary state form. Leading contributors in their field provide cutting edge chapters on settler colonialism, land ownership, extractivism, energy, services, care work, democracy, finance, commercialization, employment, and trade and investment.