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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456525303321

Autore

Fossum John Erik

Titolo

Oil, the state, and federalism : the rise and demise of Petro-Canada as a statist impulse / / John Erik Fossum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

1-282-04577-6

9786612045776

1-4426-7801-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Collana

Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy

Disciplina

338.762233820971

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - Canada

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The OPEC Oil Crisis, Canada, and the Federal Adjustment Strategy -- 3. The Establishment of Petro-Canada -- 4. International Oil-Market Changes and the NEP -- 5. Petro-Canada and the Effects of the NEP -- 6. Oil in a Changing International Context and Conservative Energy Policy -- 7. The Privatization of Petro-Canada -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The creation and privatization of Petro-Canada provides an important lesson in state intervention and Canadian public policy. John Erik Fossum explores the reasons for the federal government's intervention in the energy industry between 1973 and 1984 and shows how its initial objectives failed, culminating in the privatization of Petro-Canada in 1990. In other countries, state oil policy unfolded along state-industry lines of conflict. Fossum shows us how in Canada the conflict was deflected to focus on the jurisdictional and constitutional concerns of governmental actors. The dismantling of state intervention was associated with a reverse deflection and reduced conflict in both the state-industry and intergovernmental arenas.Oil, the State, and



Federalism is a sophisticated analysis of statist and federalist theories of Canadian public policy-making that will spark debate among political scientists, analysts, and policy-makers.