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George Hoberg
Researcher at University of British Columbia
Publications - 46
Citations - 1177
George Hoberg is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Forest management & Politics. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 46 publications receiving 1124 citations. Previous affiliations of George Hoberg include Lakehead University.
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Sleeping with an Elephant: The American Influence on Canadian Environmental Regulation*
TL;DR: The authors analyzes the American influence on Canadian environmental regulation in order to show the international sources of domestic public policy, especially the manner in which Canadian policy development is influenced by the United States, and the specific dynamics of Canadian regulatory policy.
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Privileging the sub-sector: critical sub-sectors and sectoral relationships in forest policy-making
TL;DR: In this article, a case study of forest policy development in British Columbia, Canada, in the 1990s is used to suggest that understanding policy change in complex sectors such as forestry requires a more nuanced conceptualization and analysis of sector-subsectoral relationships than exists in the present literature.
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Degrees of freedom : Canada and the United States in a changing world
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conclude that although powerful economic and social pressures clearly constrain national governments and lead to convergence in some areas, distinctive cultural and political processes preserve room for distinctive national responses to important problems of the late twentieth century.
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Globalization and policy convergence: Symposium overview
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a Symposium on Globalization and Policy Convergence, focusing on the convergence of globalization and policy in the context of comparative policy analysis (CPA).
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Pluralism By Design: Environmental Policy and the American Regulatory State
TL;DR: The New Deal Regulatory Regime The Rise of the Pluralist Regulatory Regimes The Transformation of Air Pollution Regulation, 1969-1975 The Institutionalization of Legalism: Air pollution, 1975-1980 as mentioned in this paper.