Office Location
MA V-III
Phone Number
416-978-2682
Fax Number
416-978-5566
Email Address
Area Group(s)
- Canadian Government
- International Relations
Education
- MESc, University of Toronto
- M.A., University of Oxford
- D. de Rech., University of Paris
Stephen Clarkson
Professor Emeritus
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Biography
Stephen Clarkson B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Oxford), D. de Rech. (Paris), F.R.S.C., Order of Canada
Research interests: the diffusion of foreign-investment-protection norms and investor-state dispute settlement institutions between Europe, North America and Latin America; the impact of globalization on the Canadian state with particular interest in NAFTA and the WTO.
Most recent books: Dependent America? How Canada and Mexico Construct US Power (2011 with M. Mildenberger); A Perilous Imbalance: The Globalization of Canadian Law and Governance (2010 with Stepan Wood); Does North America Exist? Governing the Continent after NAFTA and 9/11 (2008)
Canadian politics: The Big Red Machine: How the Liberal Party Dominates Canadian Politics (2005); Trudeau and Our Times. Vol. 1, The Magnificent Obsession and Vol. 2, The Heroic Delusion (1990 and 1994 with Christina McCall)
The Canadian-American relationship: Uncle Sam and Us: Globalization, Neoconservatism, and the Canadian State (2002); Canada and the Reagan Challenge (2nd. ed., 1985)
Development theory: The Soviet Theory of Development: Marxist Leninist Analysis of Third World Problems (1978).
Research Interests
- Governance of North America
- Impact of Globalization and Trade Liberalization on the Canadian State
- NAFTA
- WTO
Recent News
- Congratulations to Stephen Clarkson on his successful SSHRC
- Stephen Clarkson wins the Konrad Adenauer Research Award
- Professor Stephen Clarkson discusses Canadian political clout in Washington D.C.
- Professor Stephen Clarkson invested into the Order of Canada
- Professor Stephen Clarkson appointed to the Order of Canada