Industrial transformation and challenge in Australia and Canada / / edited by Roger Hayter and Peter D. Wilde

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790438403321
• Autore: Hayter Roger <1947->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ottawa, Canada : , : Carleton University Press; Don Mills, Ont, Canada : , : Distributed by Oxford University Press Canada, , 1990
• ISBN: 1-283-53052-X; 9786613842978; 0-7735-8238-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 340 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Carleton library series
• Altri autori (Persone): HayterRoger <1947->; WildePeter D
• Disciplina: 338.971
• Soggetti: Natural resources - Australia; Natural resources - Canada; Industrial policy - Australia; Industrial policy - Canada; Australia Economic conditions 1945-; Canada Economic conditions 1945-; Australia Commerce; Canada Commerce
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-340).
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction: Industrial Transformation in a Changing Global Economy / Peter D. Wilde and Roger Hayter -- Perspective -- 2. The Changing Pacific Economy: Challenge to the PostIndustrial Economy / T.G. McGee -- 3. The Australian Economy in Transition / Godfrey J.R. Linge -- 4. Canada's Internal Core-Periphery Structure / David F. Walker -- 5. Telecommunications and International Electronic Information Services: Australian Perspectives / John V. Langdale -- Dimensions of Employment and Social Change -- 6. International Influences on Regional Unemployment Patterns in Canada during the 1981-84 Recession / Glenn B. Norcliffe and Donna Smith Featherstone ; -- 7. Labour Markets, Housing Markets and the Changing Family in Canada's Service Economy / David Ley and Caroline Mills -- 8. The Implications of International Change for Regional Work Force Structures and Characteristics in Australia / John McKay -- 9. Adaptation to Change and Uncertainty: The Social Implications for Australia / D. James Walmsley - Issues in Resource Development -- 10. Natural Resources and Economic Development: Canadian Perspectives / Thomas Gunton and John Richards -- 11. Internationalization and the Spatial Restructuring of Black Coal Production in Australia / Katherine Gibson -- 12. Industrial Restructuring and the Australian Food Industry: Corporate Strategy and Global Economy / R. H. Pagan and D. C. Rich -- 13. Resource Development and the Evolution of New Zealand Forestry Companies / Richard B. LeHeron -- 14. The Canadian Economy: A Geographer's Assessment of the MacDonald Royal Commission Report / Iain Wallace -- 15. Canada's Trade and Investment Links in the Pacific Region / Roger Hayter -- 16. Implications of Pacific Industrialization for Australian Structural Change / Peter D.Wilde -- 17. Whither Regional Policy? Australian and Canadian Perspectives / Peter McLoughlin and James B. Cannon -- 18. Industrial Policy in Canada and Australia: Technological Change and Support for Small Firms / John N. H. Britton -- 19. Concluding Statement / Roger Hayter and Peter D. Wilde.
• Sommario/riassunto: Canadian and Australian economic geographers provide a comparative analysis of the economies of the two countries as both nations attempt to redefine their roles in a rapidly changing world.