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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banting, Keith G.

Hoberg, George.

Simeon, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political planning--Canada.

Political planning.

Canada.

Political planning--United States.

United States.

Canada--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xvi, 493 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

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 include Keith Banting, Paul Boothe (University of Alberta), Marsha Chandler (University of Toronto), George Hoberg, Robert Howse (University of Toronto), Christopher Manfredi (McGill University), George Perlin (Queen's University), Douglas Purvis (Queen's University), Richard Simeon, and Elaine Willis (consultant, Toronto).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-482) and index.

ISBN:

0773514473

0773514481

OCLC:

36187643