Overview

In recent years, the forests of British Columbia have become a battleground for sustainable resource development. The conflicts are ever present, usually pitting environmentalists against the forest industry and forestry workers and communities. In an effort to broker peace in the woods, British Columbia’s NDP government launched a number of promising new forest policy initiatives in the 1990s. In Search of Sustainability brings together a group of political scientists to examine this extraordinary burst of policy activism. Focusing on how much change has occurred and why, the authors examine seven components of BC forest policy: land use, forest practices, tenure, Aboriginal issues, timber supply, pricing, and jobs.

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Author:   Benjamin Cashore ,  Michael Howlett ,  Jeremy Wilson ,  George Hoberg
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9780774808309

ISBN 10:   0774808306
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   15 December 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acronyms Preface 1. Policy Cycles and Policy Regimes: A Framework for Studying Policy Change / George Hoberg 2. Experimentation on a Leash: Forest Land Use Planning in the 1990s / Jeremy Wilson 3. The 6 Percent Solution: The Forest Practices Code / George Hoberg 4. The Politics of Long-Term Policy Stability: Tenure Reform in British Columbia Forest Policy / Michael Howlett 5. Policy Venues, Policy Spillovers, and Policy Change: The Courts, Aboriginal Rights, and British Columbia Forest Policy / Michael Howlett 6. Fine-Tuning the Settings: The Timber Supply Review / Jeremy Rayner 7. Timber Pricing in British Columbia: Change as a Function of Stability / Benjamin Cashore 8. Don't Forget Government Can Do Anything: Policies toward Jobs in the BC Forest Sector / George Hoberg 9. Conclusion: Change and Stability in BC Forest Policy / Benjamin Cashore, George Hoberg, Michael Howlett, Jeremy Rayner and Jeremy Wilson Notes Bibliography Index

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Benjamin Cashore, George Hoberg, Michael Howlett, Jeremy Rayner, and Jeremy Wilson teach at Auburn University, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Malaspina University College, and the University of Victoria respectively.

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