AcronymsPreface1 Policy Cycles and Policy Regimes: A Framework for Studying Policy Change / George Hoberg2 Experimentation on a Leash: Forest Land Use Planning in the 1990s / Jeremy Wilson3 The 6 Percent Solution: The Forest Practices Code / George Hoberg4 The Politics of Long-Term Policy Stability: Tenure Reform in British Columbia Forest Policy / Michael Howlett5 Policy Venues, Policy Spillovers, and Policy Change: The Courts, Aboriginal Rights, and British Columbia Forest Policy / Michael Howlett6 Fine-Tuning the Settings: The Timber Supply Review / Jeremy Rayner7 Timber Pricing in British Columbia: Change as a Function of Stability / Benjamin Cashore8 Don’t Forget Government Can Do Anything: Policies toward Jobs in the BC Forest Sector / George Hoberg9 Conclusion: Change and Stability in BC Forest Policy / Benjamin Cashore, George Hoberg, Michael Howlett, Jeremy Rayner and Jeremy WilsonNotesBibliographyIndex

If you want a book that goes beyond simple description and keenly analyzes factors that shaped forest policy in BC in the 1990s and will continue to shape policy in this area well into the future, then you owe a debt to the authors of In Search of Sustainability. These authors not only accomplish this goal, but they do it in a straightforward and readable manner.

The pace, nature, and scope of change in B.C. forest policy over the last decade has attracted unprecedented scholarly and public attention. This book provides a substantial, timely, and comprehensive assessment of this rapid evolution. It will be read with keen interest by a variety of audiences and play a key role in framing the ongoing debate over the limits and potential of public policy to promote sustainable forestry. -- Chris Tollefson, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, editor of The Wealth of Forests: Markets, Regulation, and Sustainable Forestry (UBC Press 1998) If you want a book that goes beyond simple description and keenly analyzes factors that shaped forest policy in BC in the 1990s and will continue to shape policy in this area well into the future, then you owe a debt to the authors of In Search of Sustainability. These authors not only accomplish this goal, but they do it in a straightforward and readable manner. -- Lori Poloni-Staudinger, Indiana University