Blue-green province : the environment and the political economy of Ontario / Mark S. Winfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winfield, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Ontario--History--20th century.

Environmental policy.

Economic policy.

Economic conditions.

Politics and government.

History.

Ontario--Politics and government--20th century.

Ontario.

Ontario--Economic conditions--20th century.

Ontario--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

xvi, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2012]

Summary:

This volume on the environmental past, present, and future of Ontario examines the policies and practice of environmental destruction, regulation, and cleanup from the nineteenth century to the present. The work documents the terrible human caused ecological disasters brought about by the development of heavy industry, early regulatory efforts, the birth and success of the modern period of environmental regulation, and potential problems as new initiatives, especially in resource extraction, threaten recent successes. The text focuses on the nexus of environmental policy and economic development and provides a comprehensive discussion of the choices facing Canada's most populous province. Winfield is a professor of environmental policy at York University. Distributed in the US by the University of Washington Press. Distributed in Canada by the University of Toronto Press. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 The Environment and the Dynasty 17

3 The Environment and Ontario's Quiet Revolution 40

4 Sustainable Development, Restructuring, and Recession 66

5 The Environment and the Common Sense Revolution 90

6 From Walkerton to McGuinty 121

7 The Dynasty Redux? 152

8 Conclusions 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780774822367

0774822368

OCLC:

753229387