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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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Table of Contents 6
- Preface 10
- 1. Introduction: Industrial Transformation in a Changing Global Economy 12
- Perspective 18
- 2. The Changing Pacific Economy: Challenge to the Post-Industrial Economy 20
- Defining the Pacific Region: a Curious Task 21
- Historical Patterns of Incorporation of the Pacific Region into the World System 22
- The Effects of the Incorporation Process of the Pacific System 25
- The Effects of the Pacific Rim System on the Populations of the Region 30
- Conclusion: Can the White Settler Countries Catch the Third Wave? 33
- 3. The Australian Economy in Transition 36
- Development of Australia's Political Economy 36
- Economic and Political Dilemmas 40
- Spatial Patterns 46
- Attitudes and Impacts 48
- 4. Canada's Internal Core-Periphery Structure 54
- Recent Regional Trends in Canada 55
- Business Concentration 61
- Conclusion 64
- 5. Telecommunications and International Electronic Information Services: Australian Perspectives 66
- Internationalization of Electronic Information Services 67
- Australia's International Business Telecommunications Linkages 70
- Australia's International Trade in EISS 74
- Deregulation of International Telecommunications and Trade in EISs 79
- Conclusion 80
- Dimensions of Employment and Social Change 82
- 6. International Influences on Regional Unemployment Patterns in Canada during the 1981-84 Recession 84
- The 1981 Recession 84
- The Role of Industrial Structure 92
- Trade and Unemployment 97
- Conclusion 102
- 7. Labour Markets, Housing Markets and the Changing Family in Canada's Service Economy 104
- The Rise of Service-based Employment 106
- Economic Development and the Built Environment 108
- Changing Patterns of Work, Home and Family Life: Inner City Gentrification 109
- Conclusion 117
- 8. The Implications of International Change for Regional Work Force Structures and Characteristics in Australia 120
- Australia as an Open, Dependent Society 121
- The Genesis of the Australian Urban and Regional System 122
- Changes in Employment 125
- The Challenge of the 1990s: Options and Regional Implications 133
- 9. Adaptation to Change and Uncertainty: The Social Implications for Australia 136
- The Challenge Facing Australia 136
- Turbulence 142
- Inequality and Inequity 143
- Maladaptive and Adaptive Strategies 146
- Issues in Resource Development 150
- 10. Natural Resources and Economic Development: Canadian Perspectives 152
- Staples, Rent and Growth 154
- Canadian Resource Policy 159
- Effective Resource Policy 163
- Conclusion 168
- 11. Internationalization and the Spatial Restructuring of Black Coal Production in Australia 170
- Spatial Structures of Production 171
- The Spatial Structure of Monopoly Variant Production 173
- The Spatial Structure of Global Coal Production 175
- Conclusion 182
- 12. Industrial Restructuring and the Australian Food Industry: Corporate Strategy and Global Economy 186
- Internationalization of Capital and Industrial Restructuring 186
- Corporate Restructuring and Spatial Change in the Australian Food Industry 188
- Corporate Strategies and Structures: an Overview 189
- Employment Change 194
- Elders IXL Ltd: Domestic Restructuring and Global Expansion 198
- Conclusion 202
- 13. Resource Development and the Evolution of New Zealand Forestry Companies 206
- The Structural Content of Capitalist Production in New Zealand 208
- Industrial Forestry in New Zealand: Conditions and Possibilities 209
- Forestry Company Growth: Conditions and Constraints 210
- Changing Context and Changing Company Strategy 214
- Resource Utilization Issues 216
- Conclusion 217
- Trade and Industrial Policy Issues 220
- 14. The Canadian Economy: A Geographer's Assessment of the MacDonald Royal Commission Report 222
- The Stormy Seventies 223
- Canada in the Global Economy of the 1980s 226
- The Future of Canadian Industry 229
- The Future of Canada's Regions 232
- Canadian Challenges: Canadian Capabilities? 236
- 15. Canada's Trade and Investment Links in the Pacific Region 238
- Canadian Trade Policy: the First, Second and Third Options 238
- Canada's Pacific Trade Since 1971 241
- Investment Crosscurrents 244
- Canada's Trade and Investment Policies: A Fundamental Paradox 247
- 16. Implications of Pacific Industrialization for Australian Structural Change 250
- Pacific Industrialization and Trade 251
- Changing Patterns of Australian Trade 254
- Australian Trade Policies 260
- Conclusion 266
- 17. Whither Regional Policy? Australian and Canadian Perspectives 268
- Declining Status of Regional Policy 268
- Emerging Policy Directions 279
- 18. Industrial Policy in Canada and Australia: Technological Change and Support for Small Firms 286
- Australia-Canada Economic Differences 287
- The Host Economy Problem 290
- Technological Development 292
- Theory 296
- Small Firms 298
- Conclusion 304
- 19. Concluding Statement 308
- Notes on Contributors 312
- References 316
