Comparing Quebec and Ontario : : Political Economy and Public Policy at the Turn of the Millennium / / Rodney Haddow.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Haddow, Rodney,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 26 figures

Can sub-units within a capitalist democracy, even a relatively decentralized one like Canada, pursue fundamentally different social and economic policies? Is their ability to do so less now than it was before the advent of globalization? In Comparing Quebec and Ontario, Rodney Haddow brings these questions and the tools of comparative political economy to bear on the growing public policy divide between Ontario and Quebec.Combining narrative case studies with rigorous quantitative analysis, Haddow analyses how budgeting, economic development, social assistance, and child care policies differ between the two provinces. The cause of the divide, he argues, are underlying differences between their political and economic institutions.An important contribution to ongoing debates about globalization’s “golden straightjacket,” Comparing Quebec and Ontario is an essential resource for understanding Canadian political economy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- COMPARING QUEBEC AND ONTARIO. Political Economy and Public Policy at the Turn of the Millennium -- 1. How Do Advanced Political Economies Differ? Why Does It Matter? -- 2. Typing Provinces: The Political Economies of Ontario and Quebec -- 3. Budgeting: Why Some Tax and Spend More Than Others, and How -- 4. Social Assistance and Transfers: Redistributing, but Differently -- 5. Childcare and Early Learning: Can the Residual Mould Be Broken? -- 6. Economic Development: Can States Still Intervene? -- 7. Quantitative Evidence (1): Comparing Policy “Effort” -- 8. Quantitative Evidence (2): Comparing Redistributive Outcomes -- Conclusion: How Large and Durable Are These Differences? -- Notes -- Index