{"product_id":"where-the-rivers-meet-9780774828451","title":"Where the Rivers Meet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOil and gas companies now recognize that industrial projects in the Canadian North can only succeed if Aboriginal communities are involved in decision-making processes. Are Aboriginal concerns appropriately addressed through current consultation and participatory processes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere the Rivers Meet\u003c\/em\u003e is an ethnographic account of Sahtu Dene involvement in the environmental assessment of the Mackenzie Gas Project, a massive pipeline that, if completed, would have unprecedented effects on Aboriginal communities in the North.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarly A. Dokis reveals that while there has been some progress in establishing avenues for Dene participation in decision making, the structure of participatory and consultation processes fails to meet the expectations of local people by requiring them to participate in ways that are incommensurable with their experiential knowledge and understandings of the environment. Ultimately, Dokis finds that the evaluation of such projects remains rooted in\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book represents a significant contribution to our understanding of barriers to procedural justice in Aboriginal communities, and it offers important lessons for regulators, policy makers, and rights advocates well beyond the Northwest Territories. Senior undergraduate or graduate students interested in anthropology, indigenous studies, or political ecology will find the work accessible and very relevant to the contemporary history of development on aboriginal lands. -- Cyrus M. Hester, Arizona State University * NICHE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: The Paradoxical Politics of Participatory Praxis \/ \u003cem\u003eGraeme Wynn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: People, Land, and Pipelines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 “Very Nice Talk in a Very Beautiful Way”: The Community Hearing Process\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 “A Billion Dollars Cannot Create a Moose”: Perceptions of Industrial Impacts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Life under the Comprehensive Claim Agreement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Consultation and Other Legitimating Practices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Politics of Participation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404931277143,"sku":"9780774828451","price":73.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774828451.jpg?v=1730488096","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/where-the-rivers-meet-9780774828451","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}