Oil, the State, and Federalism : : The Rise and Demise of Petro-Canada as a Statist Impulse / / John Erik Fossum.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Fossum, John Erik,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.)

The creation and privatization of Petro-Canada provides an important lesson in state intervention and Canadian public policy. John Erik Fossum explores the reasons for the federal government's intervention in the energy industry between 1973 and 1984 and shows how its initial objectives failed, culminating in the privatization of Petro-Canada in 1990. In other countries, state oil policy unfolded along state-industry lines of conflict. Fossum shows us how in Canada the conflict was deflected to focus on the jurisdictional and constitutional concerns of governmental actors. The dismantling of state intervention was associated with a reverse deflection and reduced conflict in both the state-industry and intergovernmental arenas.Oil, the State, and Federalism is a sophisticated analysis of statist and federalist theories of Canadian public policy-making that will spark debate among political scientists, analysts, and policy-makers.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The OPEC Oil Crisis, Canada, and the Federal Adjustment Strategy -- 3. The Establishment of Petro-Canada -- 4. International Oil-Market Changes and the NEP -- 5. Petro-Canada and the Effects of the NEP -- 6. Oil in a Changing International Context and Conservative Energy Policy -- 7. The Privatization of Petro-Canada -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index