Degrees of Freedom: Canada and the United States in a Changing World - Hardcover

Banting, Keith G.; Hoberg, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773514473 ISBN 13: 9780773514478

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997

Synopsis

The book's primary aim is to determine whether Canada and the United States have become more similar as their economies have become more integrated and their societies more diverse. The authors conclude that, although powerful economic and social pressures clearly constrain national governments and lead to convergence in some areas, distinctive cultural and political processes preserve room for distinctive national responses to important problems of the late twentieth century. Authors include Keith Banting, Paul Boothe (University of Alberta), Marsha Chandler (University of Toronto), George Hoberg, Robert Howse (University of Toronto), Christopher Manfredi (McGill University), George Perlin (Queen's University), Douglas Purvis (Queen's University), Richard Simeon, and Elaine Willis (consultant, Toronto).

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A comparative study of Canadian and American responses to the changing international economy and to changing patterns of social diversity in domestic society, Degrees of Freedom traces the impact of these pressures on the economic and social structure, culture, political institutions, and policy regimes of the two countries. The book's primary aim is to determine whether Canada and the United States have become more similar as their economies have become more integrated and their societies more diverse. The authors conclude that although powerful economic and social pressures clearly constrain national governments and lead to convergence in some areas, distinctive cultural and political processes preserve room for distinctive national responses to important problems of the late twentieth century.

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About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0773514473
• ISBN 13: 9780773514478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512