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The public sector in an age of austerity : perspectives from Canada's provinces and territories /

"Following the 2008 global financial crisis, Canada appeared to escape the austerity implemented elsewhere, but this was spin hiding the reality. A closer look reveals that the provinces--responsible for delivering essential public and social services such as education and healthcare--shouldere...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Evans, Bryan M., 1960- (Editor ), Fanelli, Carlo, 1984- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Introduction: The Permanent Unequal Union: Canada's Provinces and Territories in an Era of Neoliberalism; 1. BC's Recurrent Austerity: Victory Unfettered from Success; 2. Alberta and the Great Recession: Neoliberalism, Conservative Government, and Public Finance; 3. Active Incrementalism and the Politics of Austerity in the "New Saskatchewan"; 4. Manitoba: Fiscal Policy and the Public Sector under "Today's NDP"; 5. Ontario in an Age of Austerity: Common Sense Reloaded.
  • 6. From the Bailiffs at Our Doors to the Greek Peril: Twenty Years of Fiscal "Urgency" and Quebec Politics7. Between "The Rock" and a Hard Place: Fiscal Policy in New Brunswick since 2007; 8. Provincial Fiscal Strategies and Public-Sector Management in Nova Scotia; 9. Austerity in the Garden Province of Prince Edward Island; 10. Newfoundland's Boom: A Study in the Political Culture of Neoliberalism; 11. Nunavut: Conceived in Austerity; 12. Fiscally Conservative Governance without Austerity: Devolution, Aboriginal Self-Government, and the Northwest Territories.
  • 13. Fiscal Outlier: Yukon in an Austere AgeContributors; Index.