In Search of Canadian Political Culture - UBC Press
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<strong>UBC</strong> <strong>Press</strong><br />
Racing to the Bottom?<br />
Provincial <strong>In</strong>terdependence in the <strong>Canadian</strong> Federation<br />
Edited by Kathryn Harrison<br />
This book gives researchers the opportunity to understand<br />
how specialists in other disciplines and with different<br />
points <strong>of</strong> view understand the issue <strong>of</strong> provincial<br />
interdependence. A very important topic, <strong>of</strong> immediate<br />
concern to policy makers, written by well-known<br />
experts: a winning combination.<br />
– Ron Kneebone, co-author <strong>of</strong> Past (<strong>In</strong>)Discretions:<br />
Federal and Provincial Fiscal Policy in Canada<br />
The spectre <strong>of</strong> a “race to the bottom” is increasingly<br />
prominent in debates about globalization and<br />
also within federal systems where the mobility<br />
<strong>of</strong> both capital and individuals prompts fears <strong>of</strong><br />
interjurisdictional competition with respect to taxes<br />
and environmental and welfare standards. While there<br />
has been no shortage <strong>of</strong> either political rhetoric or<br />
academic theorizing on this subject, empirical studies<br />
have been in shorter supply. This volume seeks to fill<br />
that gap by asking: are <strong>Canadian</strong> provinces engaged<br />
in a race to the bottom and, if so, what are the<br />
consequences?<br />
Kathryn Harrison is an associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
<strong>of</strong> political science at the University <strong>of</strong> British<br />
Columbia, and author <strong>of</strong> Passing the Buck:<br />
Federalism and <strong>Canadian</strong> Environmental Policy.<br />
2005, 320 pages, 6 x 9”<br />
54 figures, 8 tables<br />
0-7748-1225-7 / 978-0-7748-1225-2<br />
cloth $85.00<br />
0-7748-1226-5 / 978-0-7748-1226-9<br />
paper $32.95<br />
Contents<br />
1 Provincial <strong>In</strong>terdependence: Concepts and Theories /<br />
Kathryn Harrison<br />
2 A Race to the Bottom in Provincial Business Taxation in<br />
Canada? / Kenneth J. McKenzie<br />
3 Still in the Game: Efforts to Govern Economic Development<br />
Competition in Canada / Douglas M. Brown<br />
4 Follow the Leader and Dominoes: Games that Provinces<br />
Play in Tobacco Taxation / Kathryn Harrison<br />
5 Environmental Policy in Canada: Harmonized at the Bottom?<br />
/ Nancy Olewiler<br />
6 Slouching toward the Bottom? Provincial Social Assistance<br />
Provision in Canada, 1980-2000<br />
/ Gerard W. Boychuk<br />
7 Races to the Bottom versus Races to the Middle: Minimum<br />
Wage Setting in Canada / David A.<br />
Green and Kathryn Harrison<br />
8 Policy Races in the American<br />
States / Mark Carl Rom<br />
9 Are <strong>Canadian</strong> Provinces Engaged<br />
in a Race to the Bottom? Evidence<br />
and Implications<br />
– Kathryn Harrison<br />
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