This thoughtful collection exposes the gap between rhetoric andperformance in Canada's response to environmental challenges.Canadians, despite their national penchant for environmentaldiscussion, have fallen behind their G-8 peers in both domesticcommitments and international actions. In a cogent examination of theissue, eight authors demonstrate how Canada's configuration ofpolitical and economic institutions has limited effective environmentalpolicy. Canadian environmental institutions, the authors argue, haveproduced an integrity gap: the sustainability rhetoric adopted bypolicymakers fails to achieve concrete results. In an analysis thatpenetrates several policy domains and combines various disciplinary,sectoral, and geographic perspectives, the authors demonstrate howCanada fell from leader to laggard within the internationalenvironmental community.

Placing the study of Canadian environmental policy within a soundtheoretical framework for the first time, this book makes a significantcontribution to existing policy scholarship. It will find anenthusiastic audience among political scientists, neo-institutionaltheorists, policy analysts, and students at both undergraduate andgraduate levels.

This thoughtful collection exposes the gap between rhetoric and performance in Canada's response to environmental challenges.

About the Author
Eugene Lee is a member of the Department of PoliticalScience, Sookmyung Women's University, Korea. AnthonyPerl is in the Department of Political Science, University ofCalgary.

Reviews
A useful matrix in the introductory chapter identifies the institutional constraints that prevent Canadian governments delivering stated environmental goals ... The case studies offer useful support for this hypothesis. - Tony Jackson, University of Dundee (British Journal of Canadian Studies, 12 November 2005)



Book Information
ISBN 9780774809863
Author Anthony Perl
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint University of British Columbia Press
Publisher University of British Columbia Press
Weight(grams) 460g