Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction: Industrial Transformation in a Changing Global Economy 1
5. Perspective
6. The Changing Pacific Economy: Challenge to the Post-Industrial Economy 9
7. The Australian Economy in Transition 25
8. Canada’s Internal Core-Periphery Structure 43
9. Telecommunications and International Electronic Information Services: Australian Perspectives 55
10. Dimensions of Employment and Social Change
11. International Influences on Regional Unemployment Patterns in Canada during the 1981-84 Recession 73
12. Labour Markets, Housing Markets and the Changing Family in Canada’s Service Economy 93
13. The Implications of International Change for Regional Work Force Structures and Characteristics in Australia 109
14. Adaptation to Change and Uncertainty: The Social Implications for Australia 125
15. Issues in Resource Development
16. Natural Resources and Economic Development: Canadian Perspectives 141
17. Internationalization and the Spatial Restructuring of Black Coal Production in Australia 159
18. Industrial Restructuring and the Australian Food Industry: Corporate Strategy and Global Economy 175
19. Resource Development and the Evolution of New Zealand Forestry Companies 195
20. Trade and Industrial Policy Issues
21. The Canadian Economy: A Geographer’s Assessment of the MacDonald Royal Commission Report 211
22. Canada’s Trade and Investment Links in the Pacific Region 227
23. Implications of Pacific Industrialization for Australian Structural Change 239
24. Whither Regional Policy? Australian and Canadian Perspectives 257
25. Industrial Policy in Canada and Australia: Technological Change and Support for Small Firms 275
26. Concluding Statement 297
27. Contributors 301
28. References 305