Industrial Transformation and Challenge in Australia and Canada /
Canadian and Australian economic geographers provide a comparative analysis of the economies of the two countries as both nations attempt to redefine their roles in a rapidly changing world.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ottawa, Canada :
MQUP,
1990
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| Series: | Carleton library series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction: Industrial Transformation in a Changing Global Economy""; ""Perspective""; ""2. The Changing Pacific Economy: Challenge to the Post-Industrial Economy""; ""Defining the Pacific Region: a Curious Task""; ""Historical Patterns of Incorporation of the Pacific Region into the World System""; ""The Effects of the Incorporation Process of the Pacific System""; ""The Effects of the Pacific Rim System on the Populations of the Region""; ""Conclusion: Can the White Settler Countries Catch the Third Wave?""
- ""3. The Australian Economy in Transition""""Development of Australia's Political Economy""; ""Economic and Political Dilemmas""; ""Spatial Patterns""; ""Attitudes and Impacts""; ""4. Canada's Internal Core-Periphery Structure""; ""Recent Regional Trends in Canada""; ""Business Concentration""; ""Conclusion""; ""5. Telecommunications and International Electronic Information Services: Australian Perspectives""; ""Internationalization of Electronic Information Services""; ""Australia's International Business Telecommunications Linkages""; ""Australia's International Trade in EISS""
- ""Deregulation of International Telecommunications and Trade in EISs""""Conclusion""; ""Dimensions of Employment and Social Change""; ""6. International Influences on Regional Unemployment Patterns in Canada during the 1981-84 Recession""; ""The 1981 Recession""; ""The Role of Industrial Structure""; ""Trade and Unemployment""; ""Conclusion""; ""7. Labour Markets, Housing Markets and the Changing Family in Canada's Service Economy""; ""The Rise of Service-based Employment""; ""Economic Development and the Built Environment""
- ""Changing Patterns of Work, Home and Family Life: Inner City Gentrification""""Conclusion""; ""8. The Implications of International Change for Regional Work Force Structures and Characteristics in Australia""; ""Australia as an Open, Dependent Society""; ""The Genesis of the Australian Urban and Regional System""; ""Changes in Employment""; ""The Challenge of the 1990s: Options and Regional Implications""; ""9. Adaptation to Change and Uncertainty: The Social Implications for Australia""; ""The Challenge Facing Australia""; ""Turbulence""; ""Inequality and Inequity""
- ""Maladaptive and Adaptive Strategies""""Issues in Resource Development""; ""10. Natural Resources and Economic Development: Canadian Perspectives""; ""Staples, Rent and Growth""; ""Canadian Resource Policy""; ""Effective Resource Policy""; ""Conclusion""; ""11. Internationalization and the Spatial Restructuring of Black Coal Production in Australia""; ""Spatial Structures of Production""; ""The Spatial Structure of Monopoly Variant Production""; ""The Spatial Structure of Global Coal Production""; ""Conclusion""
