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Political Science Economic Conditions

Uneasy Partnership

The Politics of Business and Government in Canada, Second Edition

by (author) Geoffrey Hale

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2018
Category
Economic Conditions, Government & Business, Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551115047
    Publish Date
    Sep 2006
    List Price
    $52.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442607286
    Publish Date
    Jan 2018
    List Price
    $65.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487594732
    Publish Date
    Jan 2018
    List Price
    $133.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442607309
    Publish Date
    Jan 2018
    List Price
    $53.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442604353
    Publish Date
    Sep 2006
    List Price
    $39.95

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Description

In this new edition of Uneasy Partnership, Geoffrey Hale examines the interdependent relationship between Canadian governments and businesses, considering governments’ multiple roles in the economy and their implications for the business environment. Hale provides an overview of the historical dimensions of Canada’s political economy and relations between government and business. Readers are invited to consider topics such as corporate power, the implications of Canada's economic structure, regional economic differences, the cross-cutting effects of globalization, and the role of interest groups in political and policy processes. In a thoughtful and well-researched style, Hale lays out how the partnership between business and government in Canada is an uneasy one—and one whose capacity to adapt to ongoing change is essential in an uncertain world.

About the author

Geoffrey Hale is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge. As an academic but also as a civil servant and business association representative, he has spent much of the past twenty years dealing with tax and budgetary systems and their impact on various aspects of Canada's economy and society.

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