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Oil, the State, and Federalism : The Rise and Demise of Petro-Canada as a Statist Impulse /

The creation and privatization of Petro-Canada provides an important lesson in state intervention and Canadian public policy. John Erik Fossum explores the reasons for the federal government's intervention in the energy industry between 1973 and 1984 and shows how its initial objectives failed,...

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Autor principal: Fossum, John Erik (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The OPEC Oil Crisis, Canada, and the Federal Adjustment Strategy
  • 3. The Establishment of Petro-Canada
  • 4. International Oil-Market Changes and the NEP
  • 5. Petro-Canada and the Effects of the NEP
  • 6. Oil in a Changing International Context and Conservative Energy Policy
  • 7. The Privatization of Petro-Canada
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index