| dc.contributor.author | Fanning, Lucia Maria. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-21T12:38:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2003 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | AAINQ79402 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/55902 | |
| dc.description | This dissertation examines decision-making in an evolving ocean governance era, spanning the period 1984 to 1999. It addresses the process by which public policy decisions were reached by analyzing the behaviour of actors in policy networks associated with two decisions affecting coastal and ocean use in Canada's Maritime provinces. The research examined the 1993 decision to construct a bridge connecting Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick and the 1999 decision to extend a petroleum moratorium on Georges Bank, offshore of Nova Scotia. | en_US |
| dc.description | The underlying premise of the thesis is that decisions affecting Canada's coastal and ocean policy domain are determined by the multivariate interactions between the substance of the policy problem, the environment within which it is being debated and the affected policy stakeholders who participate in its resolution. The analytical framework suggested that where and when the problem arises, who is affected by it and why it is deemed important by some actors, will combine to influence how the problem is resolved. Using a case study approach, the research developed a methodology to test the hypothesis that success in influencing decisions is determined by the aggregation of members in the policy network sharing similar core values and their collective analytical and resource capacities. | en_US |
| dc.description | The results suggest that a methodology that identifies shared core values among policy actors can be used to determine the composition of advocacy coalitions within the network However, the formation of these coalitions and their role in collectively influencing the decision-making process depend on the existing governance regime. Furthermore, the results from the two case studies suggest that these substructures in the network, based on shared belief systems could play an important role in enhancing the opportunities available to policy actors to successfully influence the decision-making process. | en_US |
| dc.description | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University (Canada), 2003. | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Dalhousie University | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | en_US |
| dc.subject | Political Science, Public Administration. | en_US |
| dc.title | Towards an understanding of the role of core values and policy networks to influence decision-making in an evolving ocean governance era: A Maritimes Canada study. | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.contributor.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
