دانلود کتاب Sustainable Development as Environmental Harm : Rights, Regulation, and Injustice in the Canadian Oil Sands

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Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations PART I Background and Analytical Lens 1 The Oil Sands and Their Discontents Green Criminology and Environmental Harm First Nations, Cultural Loss, and Treaty Rights Focus of the Book Data Collection and Methods Book Structure 2 Regulating ‘Sustainable Development’ of the Oil Sands Resource The Conceptual Contours of ‘Sustainable Development’ Ecological Modernisation Eco-Socialism The Regulatory Process in Focus: Irregularity of Form, Consistency of Function The ‘Planning’ Stage and the Duty to Consult and Accommodate The ‘Approval’ Stage and the Content of the ‘Public Interest Test’ Conclusion PART II The Regulatory Process 3 The Directing Features of Policy and Strategy The Pursuit of Growth and the Universalisation of Its Benefits The Facilitation of Growth Using Techno-Scientific Mitigation The Legitimation of Growth via Aboriginal Participation in Environmental Decision-Making Conclusion 4 Issues with the ‘Planning’ Stage of the Regulatory Process The Marginalisation of First Nation Voices in the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan The Marginalisation of First Nation Voices and Abstraction of Treaty Rights from Material Reality Justifying Marginalisation: Paternalistic Provincialism and the Disinterested Stance of Government in Modifying Consultation Conclusion 5 Issues with the ‘Approval’ Stage of the Regulatory Process 1997–1999: Absent Data and Unforeseen Consequences 1997–1999: Water Quantity and In-flow Needs 1997–1999: Water Quality and Tailings Management 1997–1999: The Need for Cumulative Effects Monitoring 2004–2007: Risk-based Mitigation, Faith in Future Technology and the Increasing Awareness of Flawed Cumulative Effects Management Initiatives 2004–2007: Water Quantity and In-flow Needs 2004–2007: Water Quality and Tailings Management 2004–2007: Concerns Surrounding Industry-led Cumulative Effects Initiatives 2011–2013: Absent Data, Foreseen Consequences and Requests for Greater Government Participation at the Level of Strategy 2011–2013: Water Quantity and In-flow Needs 2011–2013: Water Quality and Tailings Management 2011–2013: Pursuit of Greater Government Involvement in Cumulative Effects Management Public Hearing Decisions at the ‘Approval’ Stage: A Summary Issues Raised by Regulatory Personnel and the Influences on their Decision-Making The Technical and Participatory Inadequacies of the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan Influences on the Regulator’s Ability to Reject a Project Application Conclusion PART III The Catalyst for Harm and Inefficacy of Control 6 The Catalyst for Harm: ‘Weak’ Ecological Modernisation in Policy and Practice The Manufactured Necessity of ‘Weak’ Eco-Modernisation Policy in the Context of Neoliberal Political Economy Rational Elitism and the Justificatory Power of Idealised Consensus at the Level of Operations Flawed Techno-Scientific Precaution and the Fallacy of Dematerialisation Conclusion 7 The Inefficacy of Control: Systematic Infringement of Treaty Rights and the Justificatory Function of Compound Denial Actualising a Diluted Duty to Consult and Accommodate Substantive Treaty Rights The Trigger of the Duty to Consult The Duty to Consult The Duty to Accommodate Paternalistic Provincialism as a Form of Compound Denial Appeal to Higher Loyalties Denial of Responsibility The Metaphor of the Ledger Conclusion 8 ‘Sustainable Development’ as Environmental Harm: The Lessons of the Canadian Oil Sands Implications Theoretical Implications Policy Implications Conclusion References Index