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
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
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