Misplaced distrust : policy networks and the environment in France, the United States, and Canada / Eric Montpetit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montpetit, Eric, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy networks.

Environmental policy--Canada.

Environmental policy.

Environmental policy--France.

Environmental policy--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Citizens of industrialized countries largely share a sense that national and international governance is inadequate, believing not only that public authorities are incapable of making the right policy decisions, but also that the entire network of state and civil society actors responsible for the discussion, negotiation, and implementation of policy choices is untrustworthy. Using agro-environmental policy development in France, the United States, and Canada as case studies, �ric Montpetit sets out to investigate the validity of this distrust through careful attention to the performance of the relevant policy networks. He concludes that distrust in policy networks is, for the most part, misplaced because high levels of performance by policy networks are more common than many political analysts and citizens expect. Opposing the tenets of state retrenchment, his study reveals that providing participation in governance to resourceful interest groups and strong government bureaucracies is an essential component of sound environmental policies for agriculture. A timely and crucial contribution to the good governance debate, this book should be required reading for policy makers and politicians, as well as students and scholars of public policy, political science, environmental studies, and government.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Assessing Policy-Making Performance

Networks and Performance

France: A Shift from Low- to High-Level Performance

The United States: Performance in the Absence of Intergovernmental Coordination

Canada: Stalled at a Low Performance Level

Misplaced Distrust

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-146) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-13121-8

9786613131218

0-7748-5190-2

OCLC:

75972815