Toronto – Living with China: A Middle Power Finds Its Way by Wendy Dobson, a professor emerita at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, has been named a finalist for the National Business Book Award, Canada’s most prestigious literary award for business writing.
The book, published last year by Rotman-UTP Publishing, amidst the ongoing trade tensions between North American and Chinese officials, presents a compelling case for Canada to develop its own long-term China strategy. Market reforms will be key drivers of China’s future growth. But Chinese leaders are wary of spontaneous market forces undermining the Party’s political stability. In her book, Prof. Dobson shows how Canadian policy makers can navigate this perennial tension. Her strategy for improving Canada’s relationship with China includes more leadership from top officials, addressing human rights and security issues, as well as negotiating bilateral trade liberalization.
Earlier in the year, the book was also named a finalist for the 2019/2020 Donner Prize, the award recognizing the best public policy book by a Canadian.
Wendy Dobson is Professor Emerita of Economic Analysis and Policy, and former Canadian Associate Deputy Minister of Finance. Her most recent publications are Partners and Rivals: The Uneasy Future of China’s Relationship with the United States (2014), The Future of Canada’s Relationship with China (2015) and Modernizing NAFTA: A Canadian Perspective (2017).
The National Business Book Award curates, promotes and commemorates excellence in business writing across Canada. The award is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. Books nominated for the award are evaluated on five key criteria including originality, relevance, excellence of writing, thoroughness of research and depth of analysis. Rotman Prof. András Tilcsik and Chris Clearfield were the 2019 winners for their book Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It, published by Allen Lane Canada (Penguin Random House Canada). The $30,000 prize will be awarded on November 18, 2020. The finalists were selected from Canadian business-related books published in 2019. Further information on the National Business Book Award is available at www.nbbaward.com.
Rotman-UTP Publishing is an imprint of University of Toronto Press (UTP). Founded in 1901, UTP is one of the largest university presses in North America and releases over 200 new books each year with a backlist of over 3,500 titles in print. For more information, visit https://utorontopress.com
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