Comparing Quebec and Ontario

Rodney Haddow is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

• 1. How Do Advanced Political Economies Differ? Why does it Matter?2. Typing Provinces: The Political Economies of Ontario & Quebec3. Budgeting: Why Some Tax & Spend More than Others, and How4. Social Assistance & Transfers: Redistributing, but Differently5. Child Care & Early Learning: Can the Residual Mould be Broken?6. Economic Development: Can States Still Intervene?7. Quantitative Evidence (1): Comparing Policy “Effort”8. Quantitative Evidence (2): Comparing Redistributive OutcomesConclusion: How Large and Durable are these Differences?

“If our century is a march to international corporatism and conformity, why do such vastly different societies thrive on opposite banks of the Ottawa River? In this book of dissent, political scientist Rodney Haddow of the University of Toronto documents the striking absence of anything resembling globalization in our own neighbourhood. It’s a neat proposition.”- Holly Doan (Blacklocks Reporter, January 17, 2016) ‘This is a truly excellent book and it will hold broad appeal for many political scientists.’- Andrew McDougall (Canadian Journal of Political Science vol 51:01:2018)