Acknowledgements

Contributors

Introduction

Intergovernmental Relations and Environmental Policy: Concepts and Context

Kathryn Harrison

PART ONE: EXPLAINING PATTERNS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Intergovernmental Relations and Environmental Policy Making: A Cross-National Perspective

Debora L. VanNijnatten

The Origins of National Standards: Comparing Federal Government Involvement in Environmental Policy in Canada and the United States

Kathryn Harrison

Groups, Government and the Environment: Some Evidence from the Harmonization Initiative

Patrick C. Fafard

PART TWO: THE CONSEQUENCES OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Meeting the Intergovernmental Challenge of Environmental Assessment

Steven A. Kennett

Underlying Constraints on Intergovernmental Cooperation in Setting and Enforcing Environmental Standards

Alastair R. Lucas

Cheryl Sharvit

Gorillas in Closets? Federal-Provinical Fisheries Act Pollution Control Enforcement

Kernaghan Webb

Conclusion

Managing the Environmental Union: Intergovernmental Relations and Environmental Policy in Canada

Patrick C. Fafard

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