Description
Book SynopsisMade in Nunavut provides a definitive account of how an innovative government was designed and implemented in Canada’s Eastern and Central Artic.
Trade ReviewMade in Nunavut fills an important gap. Up to now little has been written about the process through which the new territory was formed, in the period from 1993 to 1999, and on the extent to which the hopes and aspirations for that territory have been realized in the years following its establishment. This is the subject matter of
Made in Nunavut, with a particular focus on the decentralization of certain functions of the Nunavut government to various communities across the territory. It is a work well suited to students of political science, public administration, and northern studies, primarily at the university level, but for some at a college level as well: it provides an enormous information base. It is written in a non-technical manner, and in this sense is also suited to the general reader. -- Alastair Campbell * Arctic *
Made in Nunavut is meticulous and beautifully researched. It recounts an experiment in governance in the strangest place on earth, a territory of 1.9 million square kilometres flung across three time zones … Made in Nunavut is the definitive analysis of the nation’s most ambitious trial in home rule.
-- Holly Doan * Blacklocks Reporter *
With stories and details gathered together for the first time, Made in Nunavut … provides a behind-the-scenes view, a critical evaluation and a solid historical account.
-- Michele LeTourneau * Northern News Service *
Table of ContentsPreface
1 Introduction
2 The Literature and Experience of Decentralization in Canada
3 The Land, the Claim, and the Act
4 The Players and Their Interactions
5 The Decentralization Initiative: January 1994–December 1995
6 Solidifying the Plan: January 1996–April 1997
7 Achieving the Impossible: April 1997–April 1, 1999
8 Additional Design and Implementation Issues
9 Implementing Decentralization
10 Decentralization Evaluated
11 Conclusion
Notes
Index
