Uncle Sam and Us : : Globalization, Neoconservatism, and the Canadian State / / Stephen Clarkson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Clarkson, Stephen,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (480 p.)

Between them, Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien radically altered the structure and functions of the federal government, first by signing and implementing major trade liberalization projects, and then by cutting back the size of their governments' budgets and the scope of their policies. Uncle Sam and Us analyzes the Mulroney-Chrétien era's impact on Canadian governance through two related factors, globalization from without and neoconservatism from within. Stephen Clarkson begins his study by conceptualizing the present Canadian state as a five-tiered, nested system stretching from the municipal and provincial levels, through the federal government, and on to the new continental and global spheres of governance: in effect, he argues, the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization have added a 'supraconstitution' to Canada's existing institutions. His analysis concerns the changes that have occurred not just in the federal government, but in provincial and municipal governance as well. The impact of globalization and neoconservatism is examined extensively in the second part of Clarkson's study, which examines how the functions of the Canadian state have altered. Clarkson addresses the changes in a number of policy areas such as macro and monetary policy, regulatory, industrial, and trade policy, as well as social, labour, environmental, cultural, and foreign policy.In linking external forces and internal factors in his analysis, Clarkson brings together separate aspects of the Canadian state into a comprehensive understanding of the current Canadian political climate. He combines a global knowledge of the international political economy with a micro concern for detailed analyses of policy issues, and concludes that the responsibility for Canada's predicament lies less with external forces, than with Canadians and the governments they elected. He ends with a hopeful look into the future, pointing towards a realization of the shortcomings of neoconservative globalization, and the expectation of a new governing paradigm.Co-published with Woodrow Wilson Center Press

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Not Whether, but Which Canada Will Survive -- 2. The Peripheral State: Globalization and Continentalism -- I. The Polity: Reconstituting the Canadian State -- Change from Without -- 3. Continental and Global Governance -- 4. NAFTA and the WTO as Supraconstitution -- Change from Within -- 5. The Federal State: Internal Trade and the Charter -- 6. The Municipal State: Megacity and the Greater Toronto Area -- II. The Economy: Reframing the State's Functions -- The Macro Economy and the Managerial State -- 7. The Taxing State: From Lord Keynes to Paul Martin -- 8. The Banking State and Global Financial Governance -- The Oligopolistic Economy and the Regulatory State -- 9. Financial Services: National Champions at Risk -- 10. Telecoms: From Regional Monopolies to Global Oligopolies -- The External Economy and the Internationalizing State -- 11. The Trading State -- 12. The Investing State -- The Microeconomy and the Interventionist State -- 13. The Residual State: Accommodation at the Federal Level -- 14. The Industrial State Goes Provincial -- III. The Society: The Contradictions of Neoconservatism -- 15. The Civil State: Social Policies under Strain -- 16. The Working State: Labour Relations under Stress -- 17. The (Un)sustainable State: Deregulating the Environment -- 18. The Cultured State: Broadcasting and Magazines -- 19. The Diplomatic State: Lockstep under Hegemonic Dominance -- 20. The Post-Globalist State: and the Democratic Deficit -- Notes -- Acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- Author Index -- Subject Index