The Politics Of Sustainable Development

Citizens, Unions and the Corporations

By: Laurie E. Adkin

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Hardcover | 29 September 2026

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Based on documentary evidence, interviews and surveys, this book questions the potential of social and labour movements to effect change.

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Non-Fiction Economics Labour Economics Development Economics & Emerging Economies Environmental Economics Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Conservation of The Environment Law Laws of Specific Jurisdictions Environment Environment Law

Politics & Government

List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Social Movements and Social Change
New Social Movements, Labour, and Theories of Social Change	p. 1
Defining the Stakes of Environmental Politics: Citizen, Union, and Corporate Actors
Environmental Crisis: The Context for Citizen Mobilization in the 1980s	p. 28
The Ontario "Spills Bill"	p. 39
The Canadian Environmental Protection Act	p. 50
The Ontario Municipal-Industrial Strategy for Abatement	p. 73
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Review	p. 86
Brush-fires of Democratization: The Remedial Action Plans	p. 99
Corporate Unionism and Social Movements: The Energy and Chemical Workers
The Political Economy and Culture of a Union: The Energy and Chemical Workers Union in the 1980s	p. 117
Collective Bargaining and Union-Employer Relations	p. 146
Chemical Workers and Toxic Pollution Issues	p. 160
Toxic Chemical Pollution of the Chemical Valley in the 1980s	p. 188
Social Unionism and Social Movements: The Canadian Autoworkers
The CAW Environmental Policy	p. 226
Two Strategies of Social Unionism	p. 256
Union-Environmental Movement Convergence	p. 281
Conclusion	p. 315
Appendix	p. 332
Bibliography	p. 337
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