Freshwater Politics in Canada

Peter Clancy is Professor of Political Science and an associate with Interdisciplinary Studies in Aquatic Resources (ISAR) at St. Francis Xavier University. He is the author of Offshore Petroleum Politics: Regulation and Risk in the Scotian Basin (2011) as well as Micropolitics and Canadian Business: Paper, Steel, and the Airlines (2004), and, with Anders Sandberg, Against the Grain: Foresters and Politics in Nova Scotia (2000).

Unlike a substantial portion of the water politics/governance literature, Freshwater Politics in Canada puts to good use contributions from the discipline of history. Indeed, one of Clancy's central findings is that the power structures shaping modern water politics were forged in the past, and an understanding of how these structures and politics have changed over time is vital if one hopes to comprehend contemporary policy. - Environmental History Clancy's work explores how examining water politics at the local/regional level is critical to ground the approaches to the nuance of place, but it also shows how global politics and trends cannot be ignored. Valuable for students, scholars, and general readers interested in water governance and policy. - CHOICE This book provides an interesting approach to documenting the complexity of political issues in governing water and how decisions are made in managing water in Canada. It is a valiant effort to cover a very wide range of water issues with some historical background and illustrative examples in 10 case studies. - Canadian Water Resources Journal

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction Part One: Freshwater Politics1 Water Politics as DiversityCase Study: James-West River Watershed 2 Power and FreshwaterCase Study: Boat Harbour Watershed 3 Group Politics and WaterCase Study: Athabasca River Watershed 4 The Freshwater StateCase Study: Souris River Watershed Part Two: Fields of Engagement 5 Fisheries and PollutionCase Study: Miramichi River Watershed 6 Irrigation PoliticsCase Study: Oldman River Watershed 7 Flooding and Flood ControlCase Study: Red River Watershed 8 Hydro-powerCase Study: La Grande River Watershed 9 Groundwater PoliticsCase Study: PEI Groundwatersheds 10 Emerging Trends in Canadian Freshwater PoliticsCase Study: Mackenzie Basin Watershed ConclusionReferencesIndex