Joey Smallwood: The Industry Talks Back
How far can an individual’s influence and decisions affect the economy of a province? This paper endeavours to argue, through an individual level of analysis of Joseph R. Smallwood, for the influence of his 23-year reign on the political economy of Newfoundland. Smallwood’s intentions for Newfoundla...
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ftmemorialuniv:oai:research.library.mun.ca:344 2023-10-01T03:57:35+02:00 Joey Smallwood: The Industry Talks Back Tobin, Justin 2009 application/pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/344/ https://research.library.mun.ca/344/1/joey_smallwood.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/344/3/joey_smallwood.pdf http://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/MP/article/view/34/32 en eng Memorial University https://research.library.mun.ca/344/1/joey_smallwood.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/344/3/joey_smallwood.pdf Tobin, Justin <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Tobin=3AJustin=3A=3A.html> (2009) Joey Smallwood: The Industry Talks Back. Mapping Politics, 1. pp. 1-7. cc_by JA Political science (General) Article PeerReviewed 2009 ftmemorialuniv 2023-09-03T06:43:49Z How far can an individual’s influence and decisions affect the economy of a province? This paper endeavours to argue, through an individual level of analysis of Joseph R. Smallwood, for the influence of his 23-year reign on the political economy of Newfoundland. Smallwood’s intentions for Newfoundland’s economic development were of noble cause, but because of his urgency to “develop or perish” the plans just perished. Smallwood’s strong personality and nationalistic perspective led him to make irrational decisions that may have seemed potentially beneficial to the province in his mind, and in theory, but with a habit of going into a plan head strong and under researched, what started as an economically beneficial strategy would incur even more debt on the province. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Research Repository |
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How far can an individual’s influence and decisions affect the economy of a province? This paper endeavours to argue, through an individual level of analysis of Joseph R. Smallwood, for the influence of his 23-year reign on the political economy of Newfoundland. Smallwood’s intentions for Newfoundland’s economic development were of noble cause, but because of his urgency to “develop or perish” the plans just perished. Smallwood’s strong personality and nationalistic perspective led him to make irrational decisions that may have seemed potentially beneficial to the province in his mind, and in theory, but with a habit of going into a plan head strong and under researched, what started as an economically beneficial strategy would incur even more debt on the province. |
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https://research.library.mun.ca/344/1/joey_smallwood.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/344/3/joey_smallwood.pdf Tobin, Justin <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Tobin=3AJustin=3A=3A.html> (2009) Joey Smallwood: The Industry Talks Back. Mapping Politics, 1. pp. 1-7. |
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