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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456284903321

Titolo

Capacity for choice : Canada in a new North America / / edited by George Hoberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-281-99606-8

9786611996062

1-4426-7269-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Policy Research: The Trends Project Series

Disciplina

337.1/7

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General

Electronic books.

Canada Economic policy

North America Economic integration

Canada Politics and government 1980-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Economic, Cultural, and Political Dimensions of North American Integration / Hoberg, George -- Part One: Economics -- 2. Effects of the FTA on Interprovincial Trade / Helliwell, John F. / Lee, Frank C. / Messinger, Hans -- 3. Making Macroeconomic Policy in an Integrating North America / Kneebone, Ronald -- 4. The Integration of Labour Markets in North America / Gomez, Rafael / Gunderson, Morley -- 5. Checking the Brain Drain 2000 / Helliwell, John F. -- Part Two: Culture -- 6. North American Integration and Canadian Culture / Gagné, Gilbert -- Part Three: Politics -- 7. Governance and State-Society Relations: The Challenges / Macdonald, Laura C. -- 8. Redefining the Locus of Power / Rocher, Frangois / Rouillard, Christian -- 9. The Scope for Domestic Choice: Policy Autonomy in a Globalizing World / Hoberg, George / Banting, Keith G. / Simeon, Richard -- 10. Conclusion: Capacity for Choice /



Hoberg, George -- Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, this collection of essays, part of the Trends Project of the Government of Canada, examines North American integration and its potential future impact on Canadian life. Trends in integration, knowledge gaps, and policy implications are analyzed in eight areas: trade, the labour market, the brain drain, macroeconomics, federalism, social welfare, the environment, and culture.The contributors argue the consequences of continental integration have not been as formidable as widely believed. While some policy instruments have been surrendered in exchange for access to larger markets and pressures for harmonization have probably increased, Canada still retains significant room to maneuver, even in areas of policy most affected by growing economic integration. The most severe constraints imposed by globalization may be more in the mind than in a reality that is enormously complex and ambiguous. Canada has formidable capacities for domestic policy choices in a wide range of sectors. It is up to Canadians and their elected officials to chose how to exercise that freedom of choice.