| External Pressure, National Response: Industrial Adjustment in Canada since the 1970s Contributor(s): Bernard, Prosper M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 076184578X ISBN-13: 9780761845782 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $50.48 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2009 Annotation: This book develops a theoretical framework to account for the sequence of industrial adjustment policy actions in Canada between the early 1970s and first decade of the twenty-first century and explains why liberal continentalism has emerged as the dominant policy framework. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Industrial Technology - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| LCCN: 2009922983 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 170 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The erosion of Canadian industrial strength in the early 1970s prompted Canada to rethink its postwar industrial adjustment strategy. From the early 1970s to the early 1980s, Ottawa tried trade diversification, foreign investment regulation, and an interventionist industrial policy. This path of policy development, however, produced limited positive results. In response to new opportunities and constraints in the mid-1980s, the Canadian government switched to a new policy path that sought to deregulate the domestic market and establish a continental institutional framework-with rules that would guarantee market access and facilitate the settlement of trade disputes. Since then, industrial adjustment has been shaped by liberal continentalism. This book develops a theoretical framework to account for the sequence of industrial adjustment policy actions between the early seventies and first decade of the twenty-first century, explaining why liberal continentalism has emerged as the dominant policy framework. |