Old wine in new bottles? Instrumental policy learning and the evolution of the certainty provision in comprehensive land claims agreements

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-341

  Alcantara, Christopher ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Certainty; First Nations; Policy change; Policy learning; Treaty negotiations

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND RIGHTS; LEARNING; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; PERCEPTION; POLICY REFORM;

EID: 70350359141     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.35.3.325     Document Type: Article

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