Market rules : economic union reform and intergovernmental policy-making in Australia and Canada / / Douglas M. Brown

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822128303321
• Autore: Brown Douglas M (Douglas Mitchell), <1954->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-282-85974-9; 9786612859748; 0-7735-6976-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Disciplina: 321.02
• Soggetti: Globalization; Federal government - Canada; Federal government - Australia; Canada Economic policy; Australia Economic policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Limited ed. of 300 copies.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables, Diagram, and Appendices -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Federalism, Globalization, and Economic Policy-Making -- Globalization, Liberalization, and Integration -- Federalism, Economic Unions, and Intergovernmental Policy-Making -- Comparing Pre-Reform Economic Unions in Australia and Canada -- Reforming the Canadian Economic Union, 1976–92 -- Canada’s Agreement on Internal Trade, 1992–99 -- Microeconomic and Intergovernmental Reform in Australia, 1990–99 -- Reform Outcomes in Australia -- Conclusions: Market Rules and Federalism -- General Template of Interview Questions -- List of Interviews* -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Case Citations -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Brown argues that internal barriers to trade and competition in these countries were significant obstacles to competition in the global economy and shows that the old market rules were rooted in longstanding political and regional compromises. He describes the process of detailed and difficult intergovernmental collaboration required for the EU, and now Canada and Australia, to produce new ; market rules. The resulting reforms created new regimes that provide deeper and broader national economic integration in Canada and Australia than in the EU. The new rules entrench neo-liberal values, retaining some room for diversity and flexibility for equity goals. Built on a careful analysis of the differences and similarities in political economy, constitutional design, federal culture, and history of intergovernmental relations in Canada and Australia, Market Rules provides fresh evidence that federal states can be strong and autonomous in the global society, while underscoring the conditions for effective collaboration that make this sustainable. Rich in detail, broad in scope, Market Rules makes a significant contribution to knowledge about federalism and economic policy-making in the era of globalization.