The Integrity Gap: Canada's Environmental Policy and Institutions Contributor(s): Perl, Anthony (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0774809868 ISBN-13: 9780774809863 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Real Estate - General - Science - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
Dewey: 333 |
Physical Information: 304 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This thoughtful collection exposes the gap between rhetoric and performance in Canada's response to environmental challenges. Canadians, despite their national penchant for environmental discussion, have fallen behind their G-8 peers in both domestic commitments and international actions. In a cogent examination of the issue, eight authors demonstrate how Canada's configuration of political and economic institutions has limited effective environmental policy. Canadian environmental institutions, the authors argue, have produced an integrity gap: the sustainability rhetoric adopted by policymakers fails to achieve concrete results. In an analysis that penetrates several policy domains and combines various disciplinary, sectoral, and geographic perspectives, the authors demonstrate how Canada fell from leader to laggard within the international environmental community. |