State Capitalism : : Public Enterprise in Canada / / Jeanne Kirk Laux, Maureen Appel Molot.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Laux, Jeanne Kirk,; Molot, Maureen Appel,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 3 tables

Since the early 1970s, states have been acquiring significant corporate holdings in commercial, competitive sectors in the mixed economies of the industrialized West. Why should governments move beyond regulation to become direct investors and producers? Jeanne Kirk Laux and Maureen Appel Molot explore this question in a sophisticated comparative examination of Canada's experience with public enterprises. They argue that changing conditions for economic growth, in particular the internationalization of production, best explain the expanded role that the state is playing in business.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Comparative Perspectives on State Capitalism -- 1. State Capitalism in the Industrial Countries -- 2. The Political Economy of State Intervention in Canada -- 3. Contemporary State Capitalism in Canada -- Part II. The Limits of State Capitalism -- 4. Business as Usual: Public Enterprises and Public Policy -- 5. The State in Business: Beyond Profits -- Part III. New Directions for State Capitalism -- 6. The State as Investor -- 7. Collaborating with Private Capital: Joint Ventures -- 8. Looking Ahead: State Capitalism in Question -- Acronyms of Canadian Companies and Agencies -- Notes -- Index