
Picking Up the Slack
Law, Institutions, and Canadian Climate Policy
Andrew Green(Author)
University of Toronto Press
Published on 22. July 2022
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-4875-4751-6 (ISBN)
Description
Canada has over-promised and under-delivered on climate change, setting weak goals and allowing carve-outs, exceptions, and exemptions to undermine its climate policies. Why, in an era when climate change is front of mind for so many people, have we failed to make progress? This question has been the source of heated debate across the political spectrum. In Picking Up the Slack, Andrew Green draws together different perspectives on the challenge facing Canada to offer an accessible account of the ideas and institutions that have impeded climate change action.
Picking Up the Slack embraces the complexity of the problem, showing that its sources lie deep in Canada's institutional arrangements - pointing to the role played by federal-provincial power sharing arrangements, the heavy reliance on discretion in Canadian law, the role of the courts, and the impact of social norms. Working from a broad perspective that incorporates the insights of economics, law, political science, and philosophy, Green unpacks the features of Canadian policy making that determine the successes and failures of climate policies. His message is ultimately optimistic: Picking Up the Slack sheds light on how we can bring about meaningful movement towards a fair and positive future.
Picking Up the Slack embraces the complexity of the problem, showing that its sources lie deep in Canada's institutional arrangements - pointing to the role played by federal-provincial power sharing arrangements, the heavy reliance on discretion in Canadian law, the role of the courts, and the impact of social norms. Working from a broad perspective that incorporates the insights of economics, law, political science, and philosophy, Green unpacks the features of Canadian policy making that determine the successes and failures of climate policies. His message is ultimately optimistic: Picking Up the Slack sheds light on how we can bring about meaningful movement towards a fair and positive future.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
14 b&w figures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-4751-6 (9781487547516)
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Person
Andrew Green is a professor in the Faculty of Law and the Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law at the University of Toronto.
Content
Preface
1. Of Fear and Loathing in Canadian Climate Policy
2. Cows, Cod, and Coal: The Roots of Canada's Climate Dilemma
3. Discretion I: Picking the Wrong Tools
4. Discretion II: Helping Everyone Helps No One
5. Diffusion: When Everyone's Responsible, No One's Responsible
6. Deference: Where Are the Guardians?
7. Focus on People
8. Strengthen the National Community
9. Cultivate Cooperation
10. Foster Trust
11. Set the Foundation
12. Breaking the Cycle
1. Of Fear and Loathing in Canadian Climate Policy
2. Cows, Cod, and Coal: The Roots of Canada's Climate Dilemma
3. Discretion I: Picking the Wrong Tools
4. Discretion II: Helping Everyone Helps No One
5. Diffusion: When Everyone's Responsible, No One's Responsible
6. Deference: Where Are the Guardians?
7. Focus on People
8. Strengthen the National Community
9. Cultivate Cooperation
10. Foster Trust
11. Set the Foundation
12. Breaking the Cycle