EVALUATING THE OIL SANDS RECLAMATION PROCESS: ASSESSING POLICY CAPACITY AND STAKEHOLDER ACCESS FOR GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING IN ALBERTA’S OIL SANDS

• Main Author: Patterson, Tyler
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech 2015
• Subjects: oil sands; reclamation; Environmental Studies; Oil; Gas; and Energy; Canada; Wood Buffalo
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etds/939; https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1942&context=etds

By employing interpretive policy analysis this thesis aims to assess, measure, and explain policy capacity for government and non-government organizations involved in reclaiming Alberta's oil sands. Using this type of analysis to assess policy capacity is a novel approach for understanding recl...