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Industrial transformation and challenge in Australia and Canada / edited by Roger Hayter and Peter D. Wilde.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayter, Roger, 1947- Author.
- Series:
- Carleton library series ; 164.
- Carleton library series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural resources--Australia.
- Natural resources.
- Natural resources--Canada.
- Industrial policy--Australia.
- Industrial policy.
- Industrial policy--Canada.
- Australia--Economic conditions--1945-.
- Australia.
- Canada--Economic conditions--1945-.
- Canada.
- Australia--Commerce.
- Canada--Commerce.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 340 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa, Canada : Carleton University Press ; Don Mills, Ont, Canada : Distributed by Oxford University Press Canada, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Canadian and Australian economic geographers provide a comparative analysis of the economies of the two countries as both nations attempt to redefine their roles in a rapidly changing world.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Industrial Transformation in a Changing Global Economy / Peter D. Wilde and Roger Hayter
- Perspective
- 2. The Changing Pacific Economy: Challenge to the PostIndustrial Economy / T.G. McGee
- 3. The Australian Economy in Transition / Godfrey J.R. Linge
- 4. Canada's Internal Core-Periphery Structure / David F. Walker
- 5. Telecommunications and International Electronic Information Services: Australian Perspectives / John V. Langdale
- Dimensions of Employment and Social Change
- 6. International Influences on Regional Unemployment Patterns in Canada during the 1981-84 Recession / Glenn B. Norcliffe and Donna Smith Featherstone
- 7. Labour Markets, Housing Markets and the Changing Family in Canada's Service Economy / David Ley and Caroline Mills
- 8. The Implications of International Change for Regional Work Force Structures and Characteristics in Australia / John McKay
- 9. Adaptation to Change and Uncertainty: The Social Implications for Australia / D. James Walmsley - Issues in Resource Development
- 10. Natural Resources and Economic Development: Canadian Perspectives / Thomas Gunton and John Richards
- 11. Internationalization and the Spatial Restructuring of Black Coal Production in Australia / Katherine Gibson
- 12. Industrial Restructuring and the Australian Food Industry: Corporate Strategy and Global Economy / R. H. Pagan and D. C. Rich
- 13. Resource Development and the Evolution of New Zealand Forestry Companies / Richard B. LeHeron
- 14. The Canadian Economy: A Geographer's Assessment of the MacDonald Royal Commission Report / Iain Wallace
- 15. Canada's Trade and Investment Links in the Pacific Region / Roger Hayter
- 16. Implications of Pacific Industrialization for Australian Structural Change / Peter D.Wilde
- 17. Whither Regional Policy? Australian and Canadian Perspectives / Peter McLoughlin and James B. Cannon
- 18. Industrial Policy in Canada and Australia: Technological Change and Support for Small Firms / John N. H. Britton
- 19. Concluding Statement / Roger Hayter and Peter D. Wilde.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-340).
- ISBN:
- 1-283-53052-X
- 9786613842978
- 0-7735-8238-X
- OCLC:
- 768244769
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