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Comparing Quebec and Ontario: Political Economy and Public Policy at the Turn of the Millennium
Contributor(s): Haddow, Rodney (Author)
ISBN: 1442649666     ISBN-13: 9781442649668
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
OUR PRICE:   $105.45  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | World - Canadian
- Political Science | Comparative Politics
- Political Science | Political Economy
Dewey: 330.917
LCCN: 2015410692
Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.9" W x 9" (1.45 lbs) 392 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Ontario
- Cultural Region - Canadian
- Geographic Orientation - Quebec
 
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Publisher Description:

Can sub-units within a capitalist democracy, even a relatively decentralized one like Canada, pursue fundamentally different social and economic policies? Is their ability to do so less now than it was before the advent of globalization? In Comparing Quebec and Ontario, Rodney Haddow brings these questions and the tools of comparative political economy to bear on the growing public policy divide between Ontario and Quebec.

Combining narrative case studies with rigorous quantitative analysis, Haddow analyses how budgeting, economic development, social assistance, and child care policies differ between the two provinces. The cause of the divide, he argues, are underlying differences between their political and economic institutions.

An important contribution to ongoing debates about globalization's golden straightjacket, Comparing Quebec and Ontario is an essential resource for understanding Canadian political economy.


Contributor Bio(s): Haddow, Rodney: - Rodney Haddow is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.