Taking the air : ideas and change in Canada's national parks / Paul Kopas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kopas, Paul Sheldon, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National parks and reserves--Government policy--Canada--History.

National parks and reserves.

National parks and reserves--Canada--History.

National parks and reserves--Protection--Canada.

Environmental protection--Canada--History.

Environmental protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Natural resource management is a major area of Canadian policy, as recent literature reveals. Yet analysts have devoted little attention to the management of parks and protected areas. In Taking the Air, Paul Kopas takes a comprehensive approach to this aspect of policy debate. He scrutinizes the policy-making process for national parks since the mid-1950s and interrogates the rationale and policies that have governed their administration. Kopas argues that national parks and park policy reflect not only environmental concerns but also the political and social attitudes of bureaucrats, citizens, interest groups, Aboriginal peoples, and legal authorities. He explores how the goals of each group have been shaped by the historical context of park policy, influencing the shape and weight of their contributions.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: The Meaning of National Parks and the Contexts of Change

Background to the Postwar Era: A Brief History of Canada's National Parks

National Parks and the Era of State Initiative, 1955-70

National Parks and Public Participation, 1970-79

National Parks and the Initiatives of Organized Interests, 1984-93

Repossession by the State: National Parks and "Reinvented" Government

National Parks and the Giving of Meaning

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-223) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-59345-5

9786612593451

0-7748-5570-3

OCLC:

243580294