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 25th 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, climate change in the USA and Canada, 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   

Climate Change in the USA and Canada;

ROBERT E. LOONEY

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?: Restored Leadership or Waning Influence?

TREVOR McCRISKEN

US Defence Policy: An Historical Perspective

ALEXANDRA HOMOLAR

The Judicial System of the USA

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

When Fiscal Norms Erode: The US Federal Debt

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 Energy Policy and the Biden Administration: Assessing the Challenges and the Record

DAVID HASTINGS DUNN

US Service-providing Industries

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

US Manufacturing in Transition

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

The Judicial System of Canada

PATRICIA McMAHON

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 Canada