Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy : : Four Provinces in Comparative Perspective / / Rodney Haddow, Thomas Klassen.

Globalization is widely believed to have restricted the freedom of policy makers ? many fear that the forces of a global economy prevent different political parties from making substantially distinctive policy choices. In Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy, Rodney Haddow...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1: Context
  • 1. Partisanship, Globalization, and Political-Economic Institutions in Labour Market Policy-Making
  • 2. Welfare State, Production Regime, and Party System in Four Canadian Provinces
  • 3. Historical and Federal Context of Provincial Labour Market Policy in Canada
  • Part 2: Case Studies
  • 4. Ontario: Policy Continuity amid Institutional Uncertainty
  • 5. Quebec: Legacies of Political-Economic Distinctiveness
  • 6. British Columbia: Right Hegemony in a Polarized Liberal Polity
  • 7. Alberta: One-Party Dominance and Neo-liberalism
  • 8. Social Assistance and Employment: An Anomaly?
  • Part 3: Reflection
  • 9. A Perspective from Abroad: Coordinative Institutions and Labour Market Reform in Germany
  • 10. Conclusion: Stepping Back and Looking Forward
  • Appendix: Criteria for Rating Labour Market Policy Change
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Backmatter