Transforming the nation [[electronic resource] ] : Canada and Brian Mulroney / / edited by Raymond B. Blake

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826606403321
• Autore: Blake Raymond B.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, NY, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 1-282-86617-6; 9786612866173; 0-7735-7570-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (477 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BlakeRaymond Benjamin
• Disciplina: 971.064/7
• Soggetti: Prime ministers - Canada; Canada Politics and government 1980-; Canada History 1945-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Policy and partisanship on the campaign trail : Mulroney works his wonder, twice / Christopher Waddell -- Debts paid and debts owed : the legacy of Mulroney's economic policies / J. Frank Strain -- Free trade and Brian Mulroney's economic legacy / Michael Hart -- Building or severing the bonds of nationhood? The uncertain legacy of constitution making in the Mulroney years / Ian Peach -- Out of the blue : the Mulroney legacy in foreign policy / Nelson Michaud and Kim Richard Nossal -- Better late than never : defence during the Mulroney years / Sean M. Maloney -- Governing through shifting social-policy regimes : Brian Mulroney and Canada's welfare state / Michael J. Prince and James J. Rice -- Contained and redefined : women's issues in the Mulroney era / Ann Porter -- Brian Mulroney and intergovernmental relations : the limits of collaborative federalism / P.E. Bryden -- Brian Mulroney and the west / Robert Wardhaugh -- Mulroney and a nationalist Quebec : key to political realignment in Canada? / Michael D. Behiels -- Dream catching Mulroney style : aboriginal policy and politics in the era of Brian Mulroney / Gina Cosentino and Paul L.A.H. Chartrand -- Beyond the blue horizon : the strength of conservative northern-development policy in the Mulroney years / Frances Abele -- ; The Mulroney government and Canadian cultural policy / James M. Pitsula -- Brian Mulroney and the environment / Elizabeth May -- Governing from the centre : reflections on the Mulroney cabinet / John C. Crosbie -- The complexity of Brian Mulroney : a reflection / Bob Rae -- Prime minister Brian Mulroney in perspective / L. Ian MacDonald.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Transforming the Nation, leading Canadian politicians and scholars reflect on the major policy debates of the period and offer new and surprising interpretations of Brian Mulroney. Mulroney had a tremendous impact on Canada, charting a new direction for the country through his decisions on a variety of public-policy issues - free trade with the United States, social-security reform, foreign policy, and Canada's North. The Mulroney government represented a dramatic break with Canada's past.