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Political Science Environmental Policy

Water Policy Reform in Southern Alberta

An Advocacy Coalition Approach

by (author) B. Timothy Heinmiller

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2016
Category
Environmental Policy, Geography, Environmental Conservation & Protection
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487500535
    Publish Date
    Sep 2016
    List Price
    $71.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487511258
    Publish Date
    Oct 2016
    List Price
    $61.00

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Between 1995 and 2005, the government of Alberta undertook major reforms to the way water is governed in the arid southern part of the province. Among the most significant reforms was the imposition of moratoria on new water licenses, the introduction of a market for buying and selling existing water licenses, and the adoption of a “conservation holdback” mechanism for returning some licensed water to the environment.

In Water Policy Reform in Southern Alberta, B. Timothy Heinmiller looks at how and why these (and other) reforms were adopted after nearly a century of stasis on water policy. The study analyses over three decades of policy decisions, beginning with the Progressive Conservative victory in 1972 to the last major policy reform in 2007. Applying the Advocacy Coalition Framework, process tracing methodologies, and content analysis, the author isolates, identifies and reconstructs the actors and processes that shaped over thirty years of water policy in Alberta. Water Policy Reform in Southern Alberta offers important insights on the management of natural resources and the factors influencing meaningful policy change.

About the author

B. Timothy Heinmiller is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Brock University where he researches and teaches in the areas of resource management, public policy, and public administration.

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