Innovation, Science, Environment 1987-2007 : Special Edition: Charting Sustainable Development in Canada, 1987-2007 / edited by Glen Toner, James Meadowcroft
Published
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Ithaca : MQUP, 2009
Contents -- Preface -- 1 Engaging with Sustainable Development: Setting the Canadian Experience in Context -- 2 Why Aren�t We There Yet? Twenty Years of Sustainable Development: A Personal View -- 3 Institutionalizing Sustainable Development: The Role of Government Institutions -- 4 Post-Brundtland 2007: Governance for Sustainable Development as if It Mattered -- 5 Polls, Politics, and Sustainability -- 6 The Politics of Sustainability in a Complex Federal State -- 7 Education for Sustainable Development: Cure or Placebo?
8 Canadian Business and the Sustainability Challenge: Engagement and Performance9 A Child of Brundtland: The Institutional Evolution of the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy -- 10 The Best of Brundtland: The Story of the International Institute for Sustainable Development -- 11 Advocate or Auditor? The Conflicted Role of the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development -- 12 Building a Sustainable Development Infrastructure in Canada: The Genesis and Rise of Sustainable Development Technology Canada -- Contributors
Summary
Analyses a number of dimensions of the Canadian experience in implementing sustainable development. This title discusses both the breakthroughs and disappointments of the Canadian experience, and looks toward the future to discuss what additional steps need to be undertaken domestically if Canada is to once again achieve a position of leadership
Analysis
JSTOR-DDA
Environmental policy Canada Evaluation
Sustainable development Government policy Canada
Technological innovations Government policy Canada
