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Political Science General

Canadian Forest Policy

Adapting to Change

edited by Michael Howlett

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2001
Category
General, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Trees

  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802081759
    Publish Date
    Dec 2001
    List Price
    $58.00

  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442672192
    Publish Date
    Feb 2002
    List Price
    $121.00

  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802043511
    Publish Date
    Dec 2001
    List Price
    $123.00

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The forest sector, historically Canada's largest industry and largest employer, remains today the source of most of Canada's positive balance of trade on goods and commodities. Why, then, is there a dearth of policy literature devoted to exploring the industry as a nation-wide phenomenon?

Arguing that the complexity of policy-making in the forest sector has led many analysts to focus exclusively on specific sectoral activities or jurisdictions, this collection of essays offers a simplifying framework of analysis developed in comparative public policy studies to address the current status of Canadian forest policy nationwide. Using case studies of historical and contemporary federal and provincial forest policies, the essays examine the manner in which changes in resource management ideas, subsystem membership, industrial organization, policy processes, international affairs and intergovernmental initiatives have affected the sector.

Insightful and authoritative, this volume will be a helpful resource for senior students and scholars in the fields of political science, forestry, public administration, history, geography, and Canadian, environmental, and labour studies. It will also be of value to policy makers who must grapple with the complexity of policy-making in the sector on a day-to-day basis.

About the author

Laurent Dobuzinskis, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University has two different research and teaching interests: the history of political and economic thought, political economy (rational choice), and the philosophy of the social sciences; and public policy analysis. Michael Howlett is Burnaby Mountain Chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University, specializing in public policy analysis, political economy, and resource and environmental policy.

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