Acknowledgements
Part I: The Context for Business-Government Relations in Canada: Ideas, Ideologies, and Historical Development
Introduction
1. Business and Government: The Politics of Mutual Dependence
2. The Role of Government in the Economy: Economic Perspectives
3. Sources and Limits of Business Influence: Theories of Business-Government Relations
4. Business, Government, and the Politics of Development: 1760-1970
5. Business, Government, and the Politics of Economic Upheaval: 1970 to Present
Part II: Canada's Economic Structure and the Environment for Business-Government Relations
Introduction
6. Canada's Economic Structure: Diversity, Dynamism, and the Political Economy of Business-Government Relations
7. Federalism, Regionalism, and the Context for Business-Government Relations
8. Business, Government, and the North American and Global Economies
9. Government-Business Enterprises: The State Sector in Transition
Part III: Political Competition, Interest Groups, and the Political Marketplace
Introduction
10. The Political Marketplace: Interest Groups, Policy Communities, and Lobbying
11. The Internal Policy Process: Balancing Different Views of the Public Interest
12. The External Policy Process: Public Relations, Public Opinion, Political Advocacy, and Parliament
13. Litigation and the Judicial System: Lobbying by Other Means?
14. Business, Political Parties, and the Electoral Process
Glossary
References
Index
This book brings clarity to the murky relationship between business and government in Canada. In tracing each stage of the relationship, from pre-Confederation to the present, the author reveals the intimate connection between politics and business in Canada. Anyone who truly wants to understand Canada-where we are and how we got here-should read this book. -- Madelaine Drohan, author of Making a Killing: How and Why Companies Use Armed Force to Do Business Both teachers and students are indebted to Professor Hale for this up-to-date, comprehensive, and high-quality text. It will make teaching and learning about business-government relations a more profitable and enjoyable experience. The text is carefully organized, easily readable, theoretically informed, and empirically well grounded. -- Kenneth Kernaghan, Brock University In my judgment, there are only two texts in the business-government relations arena worthy for the classroom. Uneasy Partnership is one of them, because Hale demonstrates a deep understanding and synthesis not only of the political science and policy paradigms and literature, but equally of the business paradigm and literature. Unlike almost all texts dealing with this subject, Hale successfully and intelligently integrates the 'two solitudes' of business and government, in other words, business administration and political science-captured succinctly in the title. Thus, Hale provides a refreshing, nuanced, and balanced interpretation that demonstrates and explains why the partnership is so uneasy. As a professor in a business school with a doctorate in political science-formerly employed in both the Government (of Canada) and private sectors-I recommend this text for a course in business-government relations. -- Ian Lee, Carleton University, Sprott School of Business
Geoffrey Hale is Professor of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge.
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