Transforming Provincial Politics

"There is no other work that deals as comprehensively with how neoliberalism has shaped Canada's provinces and territories. Transforming Provincial Politics is an outstanding collection." -- Stephen McBride, Department of Political Science, McMaster University "Transforming Provincial Politics represents a major step forward for Canadian political economy. Every page provides fresh insights on how neoliberalism has remade provincial governments - often to the benefit of business and the affluent alike. Evans and Smith's collection of rigorously researched and well-argued chapters is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the inner workings of provincial politics today." -- John Peters, Department of Political Science, Laurentian University

Transforming Provincial Politics is the first province-by-province analysis of politics and political economy in more than a decade, and the first to directly examine the turn to neoliberal policies at the provincial and territorial level.

Over the past thirty-five years, Canada’s provinces and territories have undergone significant political changes. Abandoning mid-century Keynesian policies, governments of all political persuasions have turned to deregulation, tax reduction, and government downsizing as policy solutions for a wide range of social and economic issues. Transforming Provincial Politics is the first province-by-province analysis of politics and political economy in more than a decade, and the first to directly examine the turn to neoliberal policies at the provincial and territorial level.

Featuring chapters written by experts in the politics of each province and territory, Transforming Provincial Politics examines how neoliberal policies have affected politics in each jurisdiction. A comprehensive and accessible analysis of the issues involved, this collection will be welcomed by scholars, instructors, and anyone interested in the state of provincial politics today.