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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815457003321

Autore

Savoie Donald J.

Titolo

Visiting grandchildren : economic development in the Maritimes / / Donald J. Savoie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-4426-5851-7

1-4426-9111-5

0-8020-9382-5

1-4426-8959-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Collana

Canadian social history series Riding to the rescue

Disciplina

338.9715

Soggetti

Regional planning - Maritime Provinces

Electronic books.

Maritime Provinces Economic conditions

Canada Economic conditions Regional disparities

Canada Economic policy

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

; 1. Introduction -- ; 2. History matters -- ; 3. Theories matter less -- ; 4. Trying this -- ; 5. Trying that -- ; 6. Mulroney : inflicting prosperity -- ; 7. Chretien : regional economic development was all about politics, pragmatism, and national unity -- ; 8. Heal thyself -- ; 9. The region then and now -- ; 10. The problem : big dogs eat first -- ; 11. The solution : where can little dogs eat?

Sommario/riassunto

Visiting Grandchildren looks to history, accidents of geography, and to the workings of national political and administrative institutions to explain the relative underdevelopment of the Maritime provinces.