The State, Business, and Industrial Change in Canada / / Michael M. Atkinson, William D. Coleman.

The late twentieth century has seen profound changes in the character of the international economic order. According to the authors of this study, Canada has failed to come to terms with those changes. Our industrial policy is diffuse, ad hoc, and sectoral. Michael Atkinson and William Coleman argue...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1989
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (250 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Political Institutions and Public Policy
  • PART ONE. State and Economy: An Institutional Perspective
  • 1. Industrial Policy Options in a Changing Global Context
  • 2. Industry Structure, Business Dominance, and Industrial Policy
  • 3. State Tradition, Bureaucratic Culture, and Industrial Policy
  • 4. Policy Networks and Sector Strategies
  • PART TWO. The Political Economy of Industrial Policy
  • 5. The Political Economy of International Expansion: Telecommunications Manufacturing
  • 6. The Political Economy of Domestic Expansion: Pharmaceuticals
  • 7. The Political Economy of Transition: Petrochemicals and Meat Processing
  • 8. The Political Economy of Retrenchment: Textiles, Clothing, and Dairy Products
  • Conclusion: The State and Policy Options
  • APPENDIX. General Format of Interviews with Public Officials
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Backmatter