Racing to the Bottom?

Provincial Interdependence in the Canadian Federation
Herausgeber: Harrison, Kathryn

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Produktbeschreibung

The spectre of a ¿race to the bottom¿ is increasingly prominent in debates about globalization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Paperback
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 164mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780774812269
• ISBN-10: 0774812265
• Artikelnr.: 21421701

Autorenporträt

Kathryn Harrison is associate professor in theDepartment of Political Science at the University of British Columbia,and author of Passing the Buck: Federalism and CanadianEnvironmental Policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures and Tables / vii
Acknowledgments / xi
 
1 Provincial Interdependence: Concepts and Theories / 1 KathrynHarrison
2 A Race to the Bottom in Provincial Business Taxation in Canada? /25
Kenneth J. McKenzie
3 Still in the Game: Efforts to Govern Economic DevelopmentCompetition in
Canada / 49 Douglas M. Brown
4 Follow the Leader and Dominoes: Games that Provinces Play inTobacco
Taxation / 73 Kathryn Harrison
5 Environmental Policy in Canada: Harmonized at the Bottom? / 113Nancy
Olewiler
6 Slouching toward the Bottom? Provincial Social AssistanceProvision in
Canada, 1980-2000 / 157 Gerard W. Boychuk
7 Races to the Bottom versus Races to the Middle: Minimum WageSetting in
Canada / 193 David A. Green and KathrynHarrison
8 Policy Races in the American States / 229 Mark CarlRom
9 Are Canadian Provinces Engaged in a Race to the Bottom? Evidenceand
Implications / 257 Kathryn Harrison
 
Works Cited / 271
Contributors / 291
Index / 293