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Gateways to Trade: Global Value Chains and Governance in Canadian Cities (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780774872034)
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xExplores Canada's gateway cities and their role in global trade and governance, revealing the connections between transportation, policy, and citizen participation.
Gateways to Trade examines how Canada's major gateway city-regions--Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax--position themselves within global value chains and leverage transportation infrastructure to facilitate international trade. Comparing these four urban centers, the authors provide a clear-eyed perspective on trade policy and the local governance dynamics that shape it. The book explores how urban governments engage with global production networks and value chains, showing that in planning transportation infrastructure for trade, city regimes often function as executive democracies--consulting private actors and senior levels of government while bypassing citizen organizations. Highlighting the critical role of local governments, often overlooked in debates on trade, the book offers key insights into Canadian trade and infrastructure policies. Its findings are especially relevant in today's rapidly changing global economic environment.
Author: Dorval Brunelle,Claudia de Fuentes,Peter V. Hall
ISBN-10: 0774872039
ISBN-13: 9780774872034
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2026
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Gateways to Trade examines how Canada's major gateway city-regions--Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax--position themselves within global value chains and leverage transportation infrastructure to facilitate international trade. Comparing these four urban centers, the authors provide a clear-eyed perspective on trade policy and the local governance dynamics that shape it. The book explores how urban governments engage with global production networks and value chains, showing that in planning transportation infrastructure for trade, city regimes often function as executive democracies--consulting private actors and senior levels of government while bypassing citizen organizations. Highlighting the critical role of local governments, often overlooked in debates on trade, the book offers key insights into Canadian trade and infrastructure policies. Its findings are especially relevant in today's rapidly changing global economic environment.
Author: Dorval Brunelle,Claudia de Fuentes,Peter V. Hall
ISBN-10: 0774872039
ISBN-13: 9780774872034
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2026
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
By Dorval Brunelle
xDorval Brunelle is a retired professor in the Department of Sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada. Claudia De Fuentes is professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary's University, Canada. Peter V. Hall is the vice-provost and associate vice-president, academic, and professor of urban studies at Simon Fraser University, Canada. Jean Michel Montsion is a professor in the Department of Global and Social Studies at Glendon College and director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies at York University, Canada.
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