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Comparing Quebec and Ontario

Political Economy and Public Policy at the Turn of the Millennium

by (author) Rodney Haddow

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2015
Category
General, Canadian, State & Provincial, Public Affairs & Administration
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442621183
    Publish Date
    Mar 2015
    List Price
    $43.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442627017
    Publish Date
    Mar 2015
    List Price
    $53.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442649668
    Publish Date
    Mar 2015
    List Price
    $111.00

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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.

About the author

Rodney Haddow is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

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Awards

  • Short-listed, Comparative Politics Prize awarded by the Canadian Political Science Association

Editorial Reviews

“If our century is a march to international corporatism and conformity, why do such vastly different societies thrive on opposite banks of the Ottawa River? In this book of dissent, political scientist Rodney Haddow of the University of Toronto documents the striking absence of anything resembling globalization in our own neighbourhood. It’s a neat proposition.”

Blacklocks Reporter, January 17, 2016

‘This is a truly excellent book and it will hold broad appeal for many political scientists.’

Canadian Journal of Political Science vol 51:01:2018