The state, business, and industrial change in Canada / / Michael M. Atkinson, William D. Coleman

• Autore: Atkinson Michael M.
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1989; ©1989
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Disciplina: 322.30971
• Soggetto topico: Industrial policy - Canada
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): ColemanWilliam D.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Political Institutions and Public Policy -- 1. Industrial Policy Options in a Changing Global Context -- 2. Industry Structure, Business Dominance, and Industrial Policy -- 3. State Tradition, Bureaucratic Culture, and Industrial Policy -- 4. Policy Networks and Sector Strategies -- 5. The Political Economy of International Expansion: Telecommunications Manufacturing -- 6. The Political Economy of Domestic Expansion: Pharmaceuticals -- 7. The Political Economy of Transition: Petrochemicals and Meat Processing -- 8. The Political Economy of Retrenchment: Textiles, Clothing, and Dairy Products -- Conclusion: The State and Policy Options -- APPENDIX. General Format of Interviews with Public Officials -- Notes -- Index -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: The late twentieth century has seen profound changes in the character of the international economic order. According to the authors of this study, Canada has failed to come to terms with those changes. Our industrial policy is diffuse, ad hoc, and sectoral. Michael Atkinson and William Coleman argue that in order to analyse Canada’s industrial policy effectively, particular attention must be given to industry organization, state structures, and systems of interest intermediation at the sectoral level.To make such an analysis they introduce the concept of policy network, and apply it to three types of industrial sectors: the research-intensive sectors of telecommunications manufacturing and pharmaceuticals; the rapidly changing sectors of petrochemicals and meat processing; and the contracting and troubled sectors of textiles, clothing, and dairy processing.Through the lens of these sectors Coleman and Atkinson shed considerable light on the intersection of political considerations and policy development, and offer a new base on which to move forward in planning for economic growth.
• Titolo autorizzato: The state, business, and industrial change in Canada
• ISBN: 1-4426-5971-8; 1-4426-5513-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459745903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: State and economic life ; ; 13.