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Record Nr.

UNISA996248116403316

Titolo

Degrees of freedom [[electronic resource] ] : Canada and the United States in a changing world / / edited by Keith Banting, George Hoberg, and Richard Simeon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, Que., : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997

ISBN

1-282-85417-8

9786612854170

0-7735-6626-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (510 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BantingKeith G

SimeonRichard

HobergGeorge

Disciplina

320

Soggetti

Political planning - Canada

Political planning - United States

Electronic books.

Canada Politics and government

United States Politics and government

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 / Keith Banting, George Hoberg, and Richard Simeon -- PART ONE: THE CHANGING WORLD OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES -- 2. Changing Economies, Changing Societies / Keith Banting and Richard Simeon -- 3. The Constraints of Public Opinion: Diverging or Converging Paths? / George Perlin -- 4. Democracy and Performance: Governance in Canada and the United States / Richard Simeon and Elaine Willis -- PART TWO: POLICY RESPONSES -- 5. Macroeconomic Policy in Canada and the United States: Independence, Transmission, and Effectiveness / Paul Boothe and Douglas Purvis -- 6. Industrial Policy in Canada and the United States / Robert Howse and Marsha Chandler -- 7. The Social Policy Divide: The Welfare State in Canada and the United States / Keith Banting -- 8. The Judicialization of Politics: Rights and Public Policy in Canada and the United States / Christopher Manfredi -- 9. Governing the Environment: Comparing



Canada and the United States / George Hoberg -- PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS -- 10. Globalization, Fragmentation, and the Social Contract / Richard Simeon, George Hoberg, and Keith Banting