Unstable shafts and shaky pillars: Institutional capacity and sustainable mineral policy in Canada

Environmental Politics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-96

  McAllister, Mary Louise ^a   Fitzpatrick, Patricia ^b   Fonseca, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canada; complexity, mining and metals; institutional capacity and learning; sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LEARNING; METAL; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA;

EID: 84893812260     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2012.737254     Document Type: Article

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