Finbow, Robert
Robert Finbow is Professor and Honours Coordinator in the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University. He is also Deputy Director, Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence and Director of the Erasmus + CETA Implementation and Implications Project. Professor Finbow’s research focuses on labour and social issues and trade in North America and Europe; and implementation of the Canada-EU Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). He also does research on comparative regional development in North America. His focus recently has been on the Canada-European Economic and Trade Agreement, especially the implications for social policy and federalism. He teaches on comparative politics and theory, Latin America, Canadian regionalism and political economy. He has published on EU trade and social policy, labour and environmental aspects of NAFTA, comparative health care and social policy, comparative North American political cultures and Atlantic Canadian regionalism.
Research Interests: Free trade agreements and social policy; Latin American politics and development; North America
Listing Details
| Institution: | Dalhousie University |
| Fields of Expertise: | EU-Canada Relations Federalism and Territorial Politics Social Policy, Welfare and Labour Market |
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| Email: | robert.finbow@dal.ca |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | English |
| Publications: | Finbow, Robert (ed.) 2021 (forthcoming) CETA Implementation and Implications: Unravelling the puzzle. McGill-Queens University Press. Finbow, Robert (2020) "The necessity of socially responsible trade” in M. Rioux, S. Zini and E. Belanger (eds.) Vers une politique commerciale socialement responsable dans un contexte de tensions commerciales Towards a Socially Responsible Trade Policy in an context of economic tensions, Center for Studies on Integration and Globalization (CEIM), University of Quebec at Montreal (UQÀM) Finbow, Robert (2019) “Implementing CETA: A preliminary report” Working paper, Jean Monnet Network on EU-Canada Relations Carleton University Ottawa https://carleton.ca/canadaeurope/wp-content/uploads/Robert-Finbow-Implementing-CETA-A-Preliminary-Report-Policy-Brief-August-2019.pdf. Finbow, Robert (2018a) “Can Trans-Atlantic trade relations be Institutionalized after Trump? Examining the Political and Global Governance context” in Elaine Fahey (ed.) Institutionalisation Beyond the Nation State: Transatlantic Relations, Data Privacy and Trade Law Springer, 187-211. Finbow, Robert (2018) “The Canada European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: securing a comprehensive deal in the populist era” Special Issue on “Inter-regionalism and the EU New Trade Strategy” Asia Pacific Journal of EU Studies 16 (1), 79-109. |
