British Columbia's wolf policy

Wolf Control in British Columbia, Canada

Changing Attitudes to Swedish Wolf Policy Wolf Return, Rural Areas, and Political Alienation

Fakultetsopponent: Biträdande professor Simon Matti, institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, avdelningen för samhällsvetenskap vid Luleå tekniska universitet.

The Europeanization of British Competition Policy

Introduction Competition policy presents an interesting case of Europeanization, given that the two classic channels which promote the convergence of national regulations in the EU (that is, negative, market-related regulatory competition on the one hand, and positive, state-led harmonization on the other) does not apply to this policy domain (van Waarden and Drahos, 2002: 913). In terms of pos...

Institutional Misfits: Law and Habits in Finnish Wolf Policy

Finland has struggled with formulating and implementing policies regarding the national grey wolf (Canis lupus) population. It seems that after major institutional adjustments undertaken to improve wolf protection, the wolf population has, in fact, decreased. This calls for an explanation. My approach to the question of institutional fit builds upon classical institutional economics and pragmat...

Rurality and Collective Attitude Effects on Wolf Policy

Debates over wolf policy are driven by an underlying attitudinal divide between people from urban and rural areas. This study explores how the power relationship between urban and rural groups interact with individual attitude formation in relation to wolf policy, in order to understand why dissatisfaction with wolf policy tends to result in group level conflict patterns. Using Swedish survey d...