Dorval Brunelle is Professor of Sociology andDirector of the Observatoire des Amériques at the Université du Québecà Montréal (UQAM). He has published extensively, focusing more recentlyon the social dimensions of globalization and market liberalization.Richard Howard has been translating books from theFrench, chiefly in the social sciences, for over three decades.

"The French philosopher and activist, Jean Rostand, said: "It is horrible to see everything one detested in the past coming back wearing the colours of the future." Dorval Brunelle's wonderful new book explains how economic globalization has erased the international consensus for justice that emerged out of the horrors of World War II and exposes this new system for the regressive force it really is. - Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians"

• Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction1 Building the Postwar Order2 Welfare States and Social Rights3 Internationalism versus Regionalism in the Cold War 4 Canada and the Cold War: The Shift to Regionalism5 Canada-US Free Trade: From the Regional to the Global6 Features of a Global Order7 Consultation or Contention: Social Movements and GlobalizationConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index

Dorval Brunelle is Professor of Sociology andDirector of the Observatoire des Amériques at the Université du Québecà Montréal (UQAM). He has published extensively, focusing more recentlyon the social dimensions of globalization and market liberalization.Richard Howard has been translating books from theFrench, chiefly in the social sciences, for over three decades.

"The French philosopher and activist, Jean Rostand, said: "It is horrible to see everything one detested in the past coming back wearing the colours of the future." Dorval Brunelle's wonderful new book explains how economic globalization has erased the international consensus for justice that emerged out of the horrors of World War II and exposes this new system for the regressive force it really is. - Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians"

• Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction1 Building the Postwar Order2 Welfare States and Social Rights3 Internationalism versus Regionalism in the Cold War 4 Canada and the Cold War: The Shift to Regionalism5 Canada-US Free Trade: From the Regional to the Global6 Features of a Global Order7 Consultation or Contention: Social Movements and GlobalizationConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index

Dorval Brunelle is Professor of Sociology andDirector of the Observatoire des Amériques at the Université du Québecà Montréal (UQAM). He has published extensively, focusing more recentlyon the social dimensions of globalization and market liberalization.Richard Howard has been translating books from theFrench, chiefly in the social sciences, for over three decades.

"The French philosopher and activist, Jean Rostand, said: "It is horrible to see everything one detested in the past coming back wearing the colours of the future." Dorval Brunelle's wonderful new book explains how economic globalization has erased the international consensus for justice that emerged out of the horrors of World War II and exposes this new system for the regressive force it really is. - Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians"

• Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction1 Building the Postwar Order2 Welfare States and Social Rights3 Internationalism versus Regionalism in the Cold War 4 Canada and the Cold War: The Shift to Regionalism5 Canada-US Free Trade: From the Regional to the Global6 Features of a Global Order7 Consultation or Contention: Social Movements and GlobalizationConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index