Regional Economic Development : Canada's Search for Solutions (2nd Edition) / Donald Savoie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Savoie, Donald, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regional planning--Canada.

Regional planning.

Regional disparities--Canada.

Regional disparities.

Canada--Economic conditions--1945-.

Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 341 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In his widely acclaimed first edition of this book, published in 1986, Donald Savoie shed some welcome light on the Canadian experience of regional development policy. With this second edition he brings the analysis up to date.

Contents:

Cover; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; ABBREVIATIONS; PART I BACKGROUND; 1 Introduction; 2 Regional economic development and federal-provincial relations; PART II THE EFFORTS; 3 Shaping DREE; 4 DREE

The early years; 5 DREE and the General Development Agreements; 6 Three aborted policy reviews; 7 New policies, structures, and programs; 8 A new government

Changing direction; 9 ACOA

Looking east; 10 WD, FEDNOR, DIST

Looking everywhere; 11 Other regional development efforts; PART III AN ASSESSMENT; 12 An assessment

13 Regional economic development reconsidered14 Prospects; APPENDIX A Synopsis of federal assistance available in regions of Canada; APPENDIX B Signed GDA subsidiary agreements; APPENDIX C Signed ERDA subsidiary agreements; APPENDIX D Signed ERDA and Cooperation subsidiary agreements as of 30 August 1990; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-329) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7945-4

OCLC:

1114892034