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Description
This book provides an analytic framework from which the foundation of ideological perspectives, administrative structures, and substantive issues are explored. Departing from traditional approaches that emphasize a single discipline or perspective, it offers an interdisciplinary framework with which to think through ecological, political, economic, and social issues. It also provides a multi-stage analysis of policy making from agenda setting through the evaluation process. The integration of social science perspectives and the combination of theoretical and empirical work make this innovative book one of the most comprehensive analyses of Canadian natural resource and environmental policy to date.
Contributor Notes
Melody Hessing is an instructor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Douglas College. Michael Howlett is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University. Tracy Summerville is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Editorial Reviews
Praise for the 1st edition
An excellent book … accessible, well written and well researched. It provides a first-rate introduction to the dilemmas and controversies surrounding Canadian natural resource and environmental policy and as such it will facilitate discussion in the classroom and encourage students to think about the issues.
— Canadian Journal of Political Science
A useful addition … [There is a] paucity of readable and perceptive political science in this field … [this book] crackle[s] with interesting ideas and testable hypotheses.
— Canadian Public Policy
