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2471.23
Fall 2015Bruce Duggan
Providence University College
To do
read by today Brooks & Stritch
• ch 2
read by this Fri Baron
• ch 1
read by next Tue Baron
• ch 2
case• Personal Watercraft
read by next Fri sim
• Morris Electrohome
discuss next Fri case
• Personal Watercraft
Project Options
help start rural transit along highway 75
set up a Manitoba Environmental Industries Association student chapter at Prov
become involved in Manitoba trucking industry policy development
host an all-candidates debate
help set up a car salvage operation for Garden Hill First Nation
help set up a recycling system for northern First Nations communities
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What’s Cdn Business Like?
& how did it get this way? Brookes & Stritch
» ch 2
Cdn Bus/Gov History
talk laissez faire
assumptions the major role of gov’t is to provide the
conditions for economic growth
Cdn Bus/Gov History
staples fish fur lumber
• export focus• in raw state• foreign capital• external events
business
Cdn Bus/Gov History
staples fish fur lumber
• protection• support• monopoly • “the little guy”• development serves commerce
government’s role
Cdn Bus/Gov History
staples fish fur lumber
• a single elite• government is an arena for
business conflict• population not needed
relationship
Cdn Bus/Gov History
staples fish fur lumber wheat
• population needed• but still
elites monopolies vs. “little guy” protection support raw material export external events
Cdn Bus/Gov History
staples
arteries waterways railroads roads
still elites monopolies vs. “little guy” protection support raw material export external events
Cdn Bus/Gov History
priorities manufacturing
railroads
farmersconsumersthe West
Cdn Bus/Gov History
uneven playing field grievances political engagement
• formerly politics a conflict between business interests
• now sometimes became a conflict with business interests
business demanded protection by gov’t from labour unrest
Cdn Bus/Gov History
depression not unique in
• depth
• duration
unique• industrialized, urban society
unable to withstand shock
result• “The Positive State”
-25%
0%
25%
1800 1900 2000
inflation/deflation
Cdn Bus/Gov History
“The Positive State”• Keynes
• C. D. Howe
• crown corporations
• social welfare
result• no collapse after the war
gov’t role in economy legitimated ideology available to support practice
Cdn Bus/Gov History
“The Positive State” expected to foster
• full employment
• stability
• growth
• low inflation
• climate for investment
• satisfaction with capitalism
Cdn Bus/Gov History
“The Positive State” connect to world economy
• trade agreements defense Autopac NAFTA
• IMF
• World Bank
• G8 expected to cushion shocks
Cdn Bus/Gov History
deterioration? good critique
• external climate harsher
• never that good
• not that bad now
• interests vary
Interests
deflation
rising dollar
even wealth dist
monopolies
low unemployment
-
-
employees
low interest rates
high GDP growth
inflation
consumersowners
Government attempts to reconcile diverging interests
Interests
owners employees consumers
inflation -
deflation
high GDP growth
low interest rates -
low unemployment
monopolies
even wealth dist
rising dollar
HOWEVER: we’re all owners, employees and consumers
Case
Personal Watercraft» pg 63
Baron 1
breadth scientific discovery new understandings institutional change interest group activity moral concerns
Baron 1
OK anticipation
better issue life cycle specific examples
worse 4 i’s
• Issues
• Interests
• Institutions
• Information
OK Anticipation
early
late
when forced
damage control
go looking
shape agenda
time
“routine time”
“crisis time”
OK Anticipation
early
late
when forced
damage control
go looking
shape agenda
time
“routine time”
“crisis time”
low techmature industrygov’t regsmall player
OK Anticipation
early
late
when forced
damage control
go looking
shape agenda
time
“routine time”
“crisis time”
high technew industrylittle gov’t regmajor player
4 I’s
Issues• basic unit of analysis
Interests• includes “the public”
Institutions• includes “public sentiment”
Information• what about beliefs?
Issue Life Cycle
firm impact
time
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gro
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form
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leg
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Specific Examples
What’s it like to be in an industry? never ends unpredictable industry struggle
• autos vs. tires
• autos vs. gas
• autos vs. lawyers
• domestic vs. importpg 6-8
Specific Examples
but biased “Special interest groups pursue issues
because…” pg 8
“…[drug] expenditures reflect importance of drugs as health care therapies…” pg 18
Specific Examples
How different in the US? court mediated multiple fronts media more aggressive more political actors in government money