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The USA and Canada 2024

 
Edition number: 26
Publisher: Routledge
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Short description:

This renowned reference title provides up-to-date impartial commentary on political and economic developments in the region, alongside extensive and updated statistical and directory information.

Long description:

Combining impartial analysis with reliable facts and figures, this fully revised and updated 26th edition provides up-to-date commentary on these vast North American nations.


 



General Survey


 


Essays by leading experts analyse topics of regional importance, including:


- US-Canadian integration and US foreign policy in the Arctic region.


- a directory of US and Canadian diplomatic representation abroad


- select bibliographies on topics concerning the entire North American region


 


Country Surveys


 


Each country is dealt with in greater detail within its own section. Country chapters include:


- a chronology of political events


- essays covering key socio-political and economic themes, including: recent political developments, foreign policy, the judicial system, the economy, energy policy, and trade


- historical, political and economic surveys of each of the US states and Canadian provinces and territories


- statistical surveys of economic and demographic indicators


- comprehensive directory sections covering public affairs, the economy and society, which provide contact details and other useful information for the most significant institutions in the region.


- select bibliographies on the history, politics, society and economy of each country

Table of Contents:

PART ONE General Survey


 


Essays


               The USA and Canada: Political and Economic Challenges to Deeper Co-operation


ALEXANDER MOENS and TAYLOR JACKSON   


              


US Foreign Policy in the Arctic Region: Times of Change or Continuity?


JOËL PLOUFFE


 


Directory


 


 


PART TWO The USA


 


Introduction


 


Essays


The System of Government and Politics in the USA


GILLIAN PEELE


The Challenges of US Foreign Policy: Great Power Rivalry, Transnational Threats and Domestic Instability


TREVOR McCRISKEN


 


The Biden Administration and US Energy Policy: Setting a New Path in a Period of International Crisis


DAVID HASTINGS DUNN


 


US Defence Policy: An Historical Perspective


ALEXANDRA HOMOLAR


The Judicial System of the USA


SIDNEY SHANK, YAO YAO and GBEMENDE JOHNSON (based on an earlier essay by CHRIS W. BONNEAU and HEATHER-MARIE RICE)


 


The Role of Religion in Contemporary US Politics


GILLIAN PEELE


 


Diversity and Equality in the USA


GILLIAN PEELE


Economic Overview of the USA


ROBERT E. LOONEY


 


US Federal Debt and Fiscal Governance


DENNIS S. IPPOLITO


 


Agriculture: History, Policy and Emerging Issues


JAMES W. DUNN (based on earlier article by THEODORE R. ALTER and MILTON HALLBERG, revised by the editorial staff)


 


US Service-providing Industries


P. W. DANIELS (revised by the editorial staff)


 


US Manufacturing in Transition


ROBERT E. LOONEY


 


The USA and International Trade


ROBERT E. LOONEY


 


Directory


PUBLIC AFFAIRS


THE ECONOMY


SOCIETY


 


The States of the Union and the District of Columbia


 


 


PART THREE Canada


 


Introduction


 


Essays


Contemporary Canadian Politics


STEVE HEWITT


 


Justin Trudeau and Canadian Foreign Policy


DUANE BRATT


Canada: The Courts and the Charter


DAVID ROBERTSON


 


Overview of the Canadian Economy


ROBERT E. LOONEY


 


Canadian Federal Energy Policy in Transition: A Period of Uncertainty


ROBERT E. LOONEY


 


Canadian Manufacturing and Construction


ROBERT E. LOONEY


 


Services Industries in Canada


ROBERT E. LOONEY


 


               Directory


               PUBLIC AFFAIRS


               THE ECONOMY


               SOCIETY


 


               The Provinces and Territories of the Dominion