Construction du secteur des hydrocarbures au Québec : entre inertie politique et adaptations instrumentales

Analyzing mutations in the policy subsystem of hydrocarbons in Quebec, the paper aims to show the different dimensions of policy change. Transformation and inertia are studied to highlight how the hydrocarbons subsystem is shaped by incrementalism. However, instruments and actors adjustments show ne...

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Main Author: Sébastien Chailleux
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Éditions en environnement VertigO 2017-09-01
Series:VertigO
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/18590
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Summary:Analyzing mutations in the policy subsystem of hydrocarbons in Quebec, the paper aims to show the different dimensions of policy change. Transformation and inertia are studied to highlight how the hydrocarbons subsystem is shaped by incrementalism. However, instruments and actors adjustments show new dynamics that open policy-making to new stakes. Policy change is not brought only by exogenous events but also by endogenous limits of the subsystem and the will to overcome them to maintain the system in place.
ISSN:1492-8442