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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813339803321

Autore

House J. D (John Douglas), <1944->

Titolo

Against the tide : battling for economic renewal in Newfoundland and Labrador / / J. D. House

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

1-282-03710-2

9786612037108

1-4426-7071-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Disciplina

338.9718

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration

Livres numeriques.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Newfoundland and Labrador Economic conditions

Newfoundland and Labrador Economic policy

Labrador (N.L.) Economic conditions

Labrador (N.L.) Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Prologue: reflections on a Royal Commission -- 2. Vision: the new economy in Newfoundland and Labrador -- 3. Reality: the system and the people -- 4. Appointment and demotion -- 5. Bureaucratic obstruction -- 6. Battling back: from frontal attack to guerrilla warfare -- 7. The rise and fall of ENL and the enterprise network -- 8. Battling the federal system: income-security reform -- 9. An attampted coup and the new regional economic development -- 10. The purge of the ERC -- 11. Victory: a new paradigm for development -- 12. Conclusion: what is to be done?

Sommario/riassunto

Appointed head of Newfoundland's Economic Recovery Commission, House was struck by the unyielding strength of the bureaucratic



barriers of government. A testament to the difficulty of fighting the tide of political and bureaucratic power in Canada.