Misplaced Distrust: Policy Networks and the Environment in France, the United States, and Canada

?ric Montpetit

ISBN 10: 0774809086 / ISBN 13: 9780774809085

Published by University of British Columbia Press, 2003

About this Item

A timely comparative study of state-network interactions in agro-environmental policy-making in the US, Canada, and France. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 340. . 2003. Hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Misplaced Distrust: Policy Networks and the Environment in France, the United States, and Canada
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774809086
• ISBN 13: 9780774809085
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Citizens of industrialized countries largely share a sense that national and international governance is inadequate, believing not only that public authorities are incapable of making the right policy decisions, but also that the entire network of state and civil society actors responsible for the discussion, negotiation, and implementation of policy choices is untrustworthy. Using agro-environmental policy development in France, the United States, and Canada as case studies, Éric Montpetit sets out to investigate the validity of this distrust through careful attention to the performance of the relevant policy networks. He concludes that distrust in policy networks is, for the most part, misplaced because high levels of performance by policy networks are more common than many political analysts and citizens expect.

About the Author

Éric Montpetit is with the Département de science politique at the Université de Montréal.