The book's primary aim is to determine whether Canada and the United States have become more similar as their economies have become more integrated and their societies more diverse. The authors conclude that, although powerful economic and social pressures clearly constrain national governments and lead to convergence in some areas, distinctive cultural and political processes preserve room for distinctive national responses to important problems of the late twentieth century.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 320/.6/0971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 0773514473 9780773566262
- LCCN
- HN103.5
- LCCN Item number
- D444 1997eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 493 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)jme00326518 (OCoLC)181843448 (CaOOCEL)400556
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Tables 8
- Figures 12
- Acknowledgments 16
- 1 Introduction 20
- PART ONE: THE CHANGING WORLD OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES 38
- 2 Changing Economies, Changing Societies 40
- 3 The Constraints of Public Opinion: Diverging or Converging Paths? 88
- 4 Democracy and Performance: Governance in Canada and the United States 167
- PART TWO: POLICY RESPONSES 204
- 5 Macroeconomic Policy in Canada and the United States: Independence, Transmission, and Effectiveness 206
- 6 Industrial Policy in Canada and the United States 248
- 7 The Social Policy Divide: The Welfare State in Canada and the United States 284
- 8 The Judicialization of Politics: Rights and Public Policy in Canada and the United States 327
- 9 Governing the Environment: Comparing Canada and the United States 358
- PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS 404
- 10 Globalization, Fragmentation, and the Social Contract 406
- Notes 434
- Bibliography 450
- Contributors 500
- Index 502
- A 502
- B 502
- C 502
- D 504
- E 504
- F 505
- G 505
- H 505
- I 506
- J 506
- K 506
- L 506
- M 507
- N 507
- O 507
- P 508
- Q 508
- R 508
- S 509
- T 509
- U 510
- V 510
- W 510
- Z 510
