Transformation and worldview in public policy: a case study of the British Columbia Farm Assessment Review

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dc.contributor.authorReid, David
dc.contributor.supervisorDavis, Lyn
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-17T17:06:23Z
dc.date.available2009-12-17T17:06:23Z
dc.date.copyright2009en
dc.date.issued2009-12-17T17:06:23Z
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Public Administration
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines conflict transformation in public policy in the case of the British Columbia Farm Assessment Review public process in the Capital Regional District from December 2007 to July 2009. The research addresses three questions: 1) Were transformative approaches applied to public policy in the Farm Assessment Review (FAR) case? If so, how were those transformative approaches applied? 2) How did worldview conflicts arise in the FAR case? and 3) What were the effects of the FAR public process in terms of transformative capacity? Data were collected from newspaper articles, press releases, public reports, semi-structured interviews, and personal observations. The data were analyzed through directed content analysis and interpreted through the lens of social constructionism. The study found that the process had few transformative qualities and did not accommodate the worldview differences that were detected and recognized by the parties. Few transformational changes could be found in the data.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1994
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectconflict transformationen
dc.subjectworldviewen
dc.subjectCapital Regional Districten
dc.subjectAgricultural policyen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Political Science::Public administrationen
dc.titleTransformation and worldview in public policy: a case study of the British Columbia Farm Assessment Reviewen
dc.typeThesisen

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