The Political Economy of Northern Development

Card covers, 251 pages, 6.5x9.5 in - 16.5x24.5 cm, B&W illustrations.

Covers rubbed, corners bumped. Spine sunned, rubbed at head and heel. Call number taped to spine; surface tears to covers near spine heel (library sticker removed then re-seated?) and back cover at spine head. Interior free of library markings – no stamps or card pockets. Front cover verso, back cover recto, and pages lightly tanned but clean and unmarked.

Science Council of Canada Background Study No. 36. Ken Rea is a scholar of economic development who was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and taught for several years at the University of Saskatchewan. Here, Rea considers the potential for economic development in Canada's north from the perspectives of economics and political science. Much of the volume consists of overviews of past northern commercial efforts (from the fur trade to hydroelectric dams) and government actions/involvement relating to previous development. In particular, he notes how often northern development has been guided by southern Canadian economic interests. Rea also discusses (sub/)arctic development in other countries. The work is a robust application of economic and political theory to Canada’s north, but thin in its treatment of First Nations economic, political, and social systems.