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

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 expl...

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