Peter Clancy

Micropolitics and Canadian Business

Paper, Steel, and the Airlines

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Micropolitics and Canadian Business explores the internal structure of industry politics in contemporary Canada.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781551115702
• ISBN-10: 1551115700
• Artikelnr.: 53687437

Autorenporträt

Peter Clancy is Professor of Political Science and an associate with Interdisciplinary Studies in Aquatic Resources (ISAR) at St. Francis Xavier University. He is the author of Offshore Petroleum Politics: Regulation and Risk in the Scotian Basin (2011) as well as Micropolitics and Canadian Business: Paper, Steel, and the Airlines (2004), and, with Anders Sandberg, Against the Grain: Foresters and Politics in Nova Scotia (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Lists of Figures, Maps, and Tables
Acronyms
Preface
Acknowledgements
Sources
Chapter One: Concepts and Frameworks
Exploring the Politics of Firms
      The Firm as a Political Coalition
      Corporate Strategy
Exploring the Politics of Industries
      Industry Classification
      Market Structure
      Industry versus Business
      Product Cycle
Exploring the Politics of the State
      Policy Analysis
      Policy Cycle
      Policy Networks
Conclusion
Key Terms and Relationships
Chapter Two: Pulp and Paper Politics
The Industry at the Millennium
Overview
Historical Development
Structure
Strategies
      Domtar Inc.: A Diversified Eastern Canadian Pulp and Paper Producer
      Stora Forest Industries: A Foreign Subsidiary in a Distant Market
Policy Issues
      The Regulation of Pulp Mill Effluent
      The Pulp and Paper Modernization Program, 1979-1984
Conclusion
Key Terms and Relationships
Chapter Three: Steel Politics
The Industry at the Millennium
Overview
Historical Development
Structure
Strategies
      Steel Company of Canada (Stelco Inc.): Profile of an Industry Leader
      Interprovincial Steel Company (IPSCO Inc.): From Regional Mini-mill
to Multinational
Policy Issues
      The Sysco-Algoma Rail Dispute: Inter-firm Conflict in a Situation of
Surplus Capacity
      Steel Trade Politics: Dumping and Safeguards, 1997-2002
Conclusion
Key Terms and Relationships
Chapter Four: The Politics of Air Transport
The Industry at the Millennium
Overview
Historical Development
Structure
Strategies
      Air Canada: The Life and Times of a Flag Carrier
      Canadian Airlines International and its Antecedents: The
Private-Sector Alternative
Policy Issues
      Canada-US "Open Skies": Free Trade in the Air?
      Onex and the Air Canada Monopoly: The Takeover/Merger Issue of 1999
Conclusion
Key Terms and Relationships
Chapter Five: Conclusion
Industries are Politically, as well as Economically, Constituted
Multiple Fields of Engagement
Globalization's Many Shapes
Policy Networks as Crucial Connectors
State Capacities Make a Difference
Beware of Simple Dichotomies
Never Discount the Wider Political Context
A Final Word
Chapter Six: Postscript: Micropolitics Marches On
The Softwood Lumber Dispute and the Canfor-Slocan Merger
North American Steel Safeguards and the WTO Challenge
Air Canada and the Special World of Bankruptcy Protection
Conclusion
Appendix: Micropolitics on the World Wide Web
Pulp and Paper
Steel
Airline Transport
References
Index