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Title Innovation, science, environment, special edition : charting sustainable development in Canada, 1987-2007 / edited by Glen Toner and James Meadowcroft.

Publication Info. Montréal [Que.] : Published for the School of Public Policy, Carleton University by McGill-Queen's University Press, [2009]
Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010.
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 255 pages : illustrations).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Innovation, science, environment series ; 4
Innovation, science, environment series ; 4.
Contents 1 Engaging with Sustainable Development: Setting the Canadian Experience in Context / James Meadowcroft and Glen Toner -- 2 Why Aren't We There Yet? Twenty Years of Sustainable Development: A Personal View / David Runnalls -- 3 Institutionalizing Sustainable Development: The Role of Government Institutions / Glen Toner and Franȯis Bregha -- 4 Post-Brundtland 2007: Governance for Sustainable Development as if It Mattered / Ann Dale -- 5 Polls, Politics, and Sustainability / Mark S. Winfield -- 6 The Politics of Sustainability in a Complex Federal State / Roger Gibbins -- 7 Education for Sustainable Development: Cure or Placebo? / David V.J. Bell -- 8 Canadian Business and the Sustainability Challenge: Engagement and Performance / David Wheeler and Annika Tamlyn -- 9 A Child of Brundtland: The Institutional Evolution of the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy / Serena Boutros -- 10 The Best of Brundtland: The Story of the International Institute for Sustainable Development / Lillian Hayward -- 11 Advocate or Auditor? The Conflicted Role of the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development / Laura Smallwood -- 12 Building a Sustainable Development Infrastructure in Canada: The Genesis and Rise of Sustainable Development Technology Canada / Anique Montambault.
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.
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Subject Environmental policy -- Canada -- Evaluation.
Environmental policy.
Canada.
Evaluation.
Science and state -- Canada.
Science and state.
Sustainable development -- Government policy -- Canada.
Sustainable development -- Government policy.
Technological innovations -- Government policy -- Canada.
Technological innovations -- Government policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Meadowcroft, James.
Toner, Glen B.
Carleton University. School of Public Policy and Administration.
Other Form: Print version: 9780773535329
ISBN 9780773576353 (electronic book)
0773576355 (electronic book)
9780773535329
0773535322
9780773535336
0773535330