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Railway Game.
The Railway Game is a constructive study that demonstrates deficiencies of railway transportation in Canada and the U.S.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto, Ontario :
MQUP,
1976.
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| Colección: | Carleton Contemporary Series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: THE ORIGINS OF THE MALAISE""; ""1. The Basic Network of Railways""; ""2. Railways Fulfill Political Goals""; ""3. The Railway � Government Complex: Politicians in the Service of Railways""; ""4. The Railway � Government Complex: Financing Railways""; ""5. Fragmentation Versus Integration""; ""6. The 1915 Heritage: Duplication and Overcapacity""; ""7. The Pertinent Past: A Summary""; ""PART TWO: THE STATE OF THE ART""; ""8. Railway Operations in International Perspective""
- ""9. Advances in Technology""""10. Service Quality: The Widening Gap""; ""11. The Manning Problem""; ""12. Regulation and Subsidization of Rail Operations in Canada""; ""13. The Role of the Railway Companies""; ""14. Research and Development Activities""; ""15. Railway Development Policies Abroad""; ""PART THREE: FUTURE DIRECTIONS""; ""16. The Reasons for Concern""; ""17. The One�Dimensionality of the Railway Mode and its Consequences""; ""18. Financing Railways""; ""19. The Imperatives of Integration and Public Ownership""; ""20. Rationalizing Railways""; ""21. Technical Modernization""
- ""22. Railways and Energy""""23. The Policy Void""; ""POSTSCRIPT: OBSTACLES TO MODERNIZATION""; ""24. The Institutionalization of Obsolescence""; ""25. The Inadequacy of Traditional Politics and Journalism""; ""Appendix One: Maps: Railways in Canada""; ""Appendix Two: Travelling by Railway""; ""Glossary of Railway Terms and Abbreviations""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""M""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""