Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Surveying the Terrain
2. Assessing the Situation: Challenges to the Mineral Industry
3. Staking a Claim: Broadening the Public Interest
4. Rough Terrain: Rich Resource The Whitehorse Mining Initiative
5. The Whitehorse Mining Accord: The Search for Consensus
6. Implementing the Vision? Provincial and Federal Initiatives
7. Perspectives on the Accord
Terra Incognita -- The Future of Resource Policy-Making inCanada
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Mary Louise McAllister is associate professor ofEnvironment and Resource Studies at the University of Waterloo,Ontario. Cynthia J. Alexander is assistant professorof Political Science, Acadia University, Nova Scotia.
A Stake in the Future tests the outer boudaries of ... Issues in
impressive fashion by detailing a successful consensus-building
exercise that was nongovernmentally led and financed ... McAllister
and Alexander have identified and explored a cutting-edge case and,
in the process, unearthed many questions that challenge prevailing
assumptions.
*Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol 31, No. 1*
A Stake in the Future ... is the first comprehensive study of the
Whitehorse Mining Initiative in which leaders in the mining
industry worked to build consensus with other stakeholders,
governments, environmental groups, First Nations and labour ...
This thoughtful review of both the process, the results and early
efforts at implementation provides a valuable context for current
issues and opportunities.
*Constructive Citizen Participation*
It is a detailed and insightful account of a process of
decision-making that will increasingly characterized Canadian
public policy formation ... A Stake in the Future is highly
recommended for those interested in public policy formulation,
public an interest-group participation, and the evolving character
of decision-making in Canada in a environment of increasing
pluralization.
*Canadian Book Review Annual 5053*
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