R SOC 375
Public Participation and Conflict Resolution
Winter 2020
Topics
- Explain key concepts in collective decision-making processes
- Engage critically with contemporary environmental conflicts at global, regional and local level
- Understand key historical and contemporary environmental conflicts in Canada
- Discuss conflict mapping and analysis tools useful for interpreting environmental conflicts
Readings
- Houghton, K. (2014). Identifying new pathways for ocean governance: The role of legal principles in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Marine Policy, 49, pp. 118-126
- Howe, C., 2014. Anthropocenic ecoauthority: the winds of Oaxaca. Anthropology Quarterly. 87 pp. 381–404
- Land, L. (2016). Who’s afraid of the big bad FPIC? The evolving integration of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into Canadian law and policy. Northern Public Affairs, pp. 42-49
- Mintzberg, H. (1987). Crafting strategy. Boston: Harvard Business Review pp. 66-75
- Pellis, A. (2019). Reality effects of conflict avoidance in rewilding and ecotourism practices – the case of Western Iberia, Journal of Ecotourism, DOI:
- Smedshaug, C.A., (2010). The role of development in agriculture, Ch 9 in: Feeding the World in the 21st Century : A Historical Analysis of Agriculture and Society. Anthem Press, London, pp. 201–225. Van Assche K., Beunen R., Duineveld M. (2015). ‘An Overview of EGT’s Main Concepts’ Ch2 In: Beunen R., Van Assche K., Duineveld M. (eds) Evolutionary Governance Theory. Springer. Pp 19-33
- Van Assche, K., Duineveld, M. (Eds.), Evolutionary Governance Theory: Theory and Applications. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 291–304
- Houghton, K. (2014). Identifying new pathways for ocean governance: The role of legal principles in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Marine Policy, 49, 118-126
- Howe, C., 2014. Anthropocenic ecoauthority: the winds of Oaxaca. Anthropology Quarterly. 87, 381–404
- Warner, R., 2008. A Comparison of Ideas in the Development and Governance of National Parks and Protected Areas in the US and Canada. Int. J. Can. Stud. / Rev. Int. d’études Can. 13–39
- Mintzberg, H. 1987. Crafting strategy. Boston: Harvard Business Review p. 66-75
- Pellis, A. (2019). Reality effects of conflict avoidance in rewilding and ecotourism practices – the case of Western Iberia, Journal of Ecotourism