The Provinces and Canadian Foreign Trade Policy

Christopher J. Kukucha (Author)

9780774815857

Paperback / softback, published 1 July 2009

256 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.38 kg

During the past thirty years, international trade agreements havefocused increasingly on areas of provincial jurisdiction. In TheProvinces and Canadian Foreign Trade Policy, Kukucha argues thatCanadian provinces have maintained a level of autonomy in response tothese developments, sometimes even influencing Canada's globaltrade relations and the evolution of international norms and standards.The first comprehensive review of provincial foreign trade policy inCanada, the book highlights the convergence of debates related tofederalism, Canadian foreign policy, and the global political economyas they are played out in the negotiation and implementation ofinternational trade agreements. It will be of interest to students andpractitioners of political science, public policy, and economics.

Preface
List of Abbreviations
Part 1: Systemic Factors and Canadian Federalism
1 The Role of Provinces in the Global Political Economy
2 International Pressures and Canadian Federalism
3 The Federal-Provincial Committee System on International Trade
Part 2: Considerations of Process and Outcome
4 The Political Executive in Provincial Foreign Trade Policy
5 Bureaucratic and Legislative Pressures
6 Issues of Implementation, Negotiation, and Consultation
7 Is Anybody Listening? Evaluating Societal Considerations
8 Dominant Ideas, Ideology, and Intrusive Neoliberalism
Part 3: Evaluating Regimes and Change
9 Non-Central Governments' Cross-Border Functional Relations
10 Canadian Provinces and Emerging Regional Environment and LabourRegimes
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index