Talk and log : wilderness politics in British Columbia, 1965-96 / Jeremy Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Jeremy, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forests and forestry--Political aspects--British Columbia.

Forests and forestry.

Forest policy--British Columbia.

Forest policy.

Forests and forestry--Political aspects.

British Columbia.

Physical Description:

xxx, 452 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [1998]

Contents:

1 Perspectives on the Policy Process: Puzzling, 'Powering,' and the Constraining Importance of the Policy Legacy 3

2 The BC Forest Industry 21

3 The BC Wilderness Movement 43

4 Government Institutions and the Policy System 64

5 'You Have to Break a Few Eggs': Environmentalism Challenges the Resource Development Juggernaut of the 1960s 79

6 The Ragamuffins and the Crown Jewels: Bob Williams Confronts the Forest Policy Orthodoxy 112

7 The Delegitimation of Social Credit Forest Policy, 1976-91 149

8 Containing the Wilderness Movement, 1976-85 183

9 'Have a Good Day, and Try Not to Damage the Grass': Wars in the Woods, 1986-91 216

10 The Shifting Discourse of Wilderness Politics, 1986-91 240

11 The Rise of the Cappuccino Suckers 262

12 Sausage Making in the 1990s: Forest Practices and Allowable Cuts under the NDP 301.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [416]-429) and index.

ISBN:

0774806680

OCLC:

39369244