Lists of Figures, Maps, and Tables
Acronyms
Preface
Acknowledgements
Sources
Chapter One: Concepts and Frameworks
Exploring the Politics of Firms
The Firm as a Political Coalition
Corporate Strategy
Exploring the Politics of Industries
Industry Classification
Market Structure
Industry versus Business
Product Cycle
Exploring the Politics of the State
Policy Analysis
Policy Cycle
Policy Networks
Conclusion
Key Terms and Relationships
Chapter Two: Pulp and Paper Politics
The Industry at the Millennium
Overview
Historical Development
Structure
Strategies
Domtar Inc.: A Diversified Eastern Canadian Pulp and Paper Producer
Stora Forest Industries: A Foreign Subsidiary in a Distant Market
Policy Issues
The Regulation of Pulp Mill Effluent
The Pulp and Paper Modernization Program, 1979-1984
Conclusion
Key Terms and Relationships
Chapter Three: Steel Politics
The Industry at the Millennium
Overview
Historical Development
Structure
Strategies
Steel Company of Canada (Stelco Inc.): Profile of an Industry Leader
Interprovincial Steel Company (IPSCO Inc.): From Regional Mini-mill to Multinational
Policy Issues
The Sysco-Algoma Rail Dispute: Inter-firm Conflict in a Situation of Surplus Capacity
Steel Trade Politics: Dumping and Safeguards, 1997-2002
Conclusion
Key Terms and Relationships
Chapter Four: The Politics of Air Transport
The Industry at the Millennium
Overview
Historical Development
Structure
Strategies
Air Canada: The Life and Times of a Flag Carrier
Canadian Airlines International and its Antecedents: The Private-Sector Alternative
Policy Issues
Canada-US "Open Skies": Free Trade in the Air?
Onex and the Air Canada Monopoly: The Takeover/Merger Issue of 1999
Conclusion
Key Terms and Relationships
Chapter Five: Conclusion
Industries are Politically, as well as Economically, Constituted
Multiple Fields of Engagement
Globalization's Many Shapes
Policy Networks as Crucial Connectors
State Capacities Make a Difference
Beware of Simple Dichotomies
Never Discount the Wider Political Context
A Final Word
Chapter Six: Postscript: Micropolitics Marches On
The Softwood Lumber Dispute and the Canfor-Slocan Merger
North American Steel Safeguards and the WTO Challenge
Air Canada and the Special World of Bankruptcy Protection
Conclusion
Appendix: Micropolitics on the World Wide Web
Pulp and Paper
Steel
Airline Transport
References
Index
