Preferences, perceptions, and veto players: Explaining devolution negotiation outcomes in the Canadian territorial north

Polar Record

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-179

  Alcantara, Christopher ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL POWER; POWER RELATIONS; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE;

ARCTIC; CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; NUNAVUT; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 84874853594     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247412000125     Document Type: Article

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