Innovation, Science, Environment 08/09: Canadian Policies and Performance, 2008-2009 (Volume 3) - Softcover

Toner, Glen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773533958 ISBN 13: 9780773533950

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Rapidly developing changes in technology, scientific knowledge, and domestic and international environmental issues force analysts to constantly reevaluate how public policy is coping. Are governments leading, following, or falling behind other societal actors? This third volume in a series of annual assessments of Canadian public policy provides an innovative approach to evaluating key developments in one of the most challenging areas of public policy in the twenty-first century. Leading experts look at crucial issues such as climate change, sustainable development policy tools, science management, and the international approach to governing intellectual property. They address recent developments within the pesticide, wildlife, and infrastructure policy areas involving the federal government and key private and non-governmental players. The 2008-09 volume explores the role of governments in a number of key areas, showing that while government institutions and policies should be part of the solution to the complex array of science and technology and environment and development issues facing Canadians, too often it appears they are part of the problem. Contributors include Glen Toner (Carleton), Robert Paehlke (Trent), Mark Jaccard and Rose Murphy (Simon Fraser), Jac van Beek (Canada Foundation for Innovation) and Frances Issaacs (National Research Council of Canada), Sara Bannerman (Carleton), Robert Gibson (Waterloo), David Robinson (Laurentian), Francois Bregha (Stratos Inc.), Scott Findlay and Annick Dezeil (Ottawa), Robert Hilton and Christopher Stoney (Carleton), and Jeremy Wilson (Victoria)."

About this title

About the Author

Glen Toner is professor, public policy and director of Carleton University's Research Unit in Innovation, Science and Environment in the School of Public Policy and Administration.

From the Back Cover

This annual volume provides informed commentary about and assessment of Canadian and related comparative innovation, science, and environment (ISE) policies and institutions.

Initiated by the Carleton Research Unit on Innovation, Science, and Environment (CRUISE) in the School of Public Policy and Administration, it is aimed at interested and informed Canadians involved in or affected by this crucial realm of Canadian policy, politics, and governance.

The series involves academics from a variety of disciplines, doctoral students doing advanced research in the ISE field, and knowledgeable practitioners from the public and private sectors.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773533958
• ISBN 13: 9780773533950
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256