External Pressure, National Response - Industrial Adjustment in Canada Since the 1970s

Informationen zum Autor By Prosper M. Bernard Jr. Klappentext This book develops a theoretical framework to account for the sequence of industrial adjustment policy actions in Canada between the early 1970s and first decade of the twenty-first century and explains why liberal continentalism has emerged as the dominant policy framework. Zusammenfassung This book develops a theoretical framework to account for the sequence of industrial adjustment policy actions in Canada between the early 1970s and first decade of the twenty-first century and explains why liberal continentalism has emerged as the dominant policy framework. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 1. Introduction Chapter 3 PART 1: Theoretical Framework and Historical Overview Chapter 4 2. Explaining Industrial Adjustment Policy Chapter 5 3. The Role of the Canadian State in the Economy Chapter 6 PART II: The Strategy of Economic Nationalism Chapter 7 4. The Limits of Trade Diversification Chapter 8 5. The Limits of State Entrepreneurship and Gatekeeping Chapter 9 PART III: The Stratgy of Liberal Continentalism Chapter 10 6. The Market as a Political Economic Solution Chapter 11 7. Industrial Adjustment in the 1990s and Beyond Chapter 12 References Chapter 13 Index

Product details

• Authors: Prosper M Jr Bernard, Prosper M. Bernard, Prosper M. Jr. Bernard, Bernard Prosper M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9780761845782
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-4578-2
• No. of pages: 17161
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Industrial relations, health & safety, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Technology, Regional Studies, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies