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  • Public Policy Processes and Sustainability in the Minerals and Energy Industries

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    O'Faircheallaigh, Ciaran
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    O'Faircheallaigh, Ciaran S.
    Year published
    2009
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    Abstract
    This chapter considers the extent to which public policy processes are geared towards sustainability in mineral industries, and how they may need to change to take the requirements for sustainability into account. It begins with a general discussion of sustainability in mineral industries, drawing on examples from three countries. As these examples show mining is neither inherently sustainable nor unsustainable, but rather is made sustainable or unsustainable, in large part by public policies applied to the mining industry. The nature and content of public policies reflect, in turn, the policy making processes utilised in ...
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    This chapter considers the extent to which public policy processes are geared towards sustainability in mineral industries, and how they may need to change to take the requirements for sustainability into account. It begins with a general discussion of sustainability in mineral industries, drawing on examples from three countries. As these examples show mining is neither inherently sustainable nor unsustainable, but rather is made sustainable or unsustainable, in large part by public policies applied to the mining industry. The nature and content of public policies reflect, in turn, the policy making processes utilised in formulating and implementing policy, and so it is critical to consider the links between policy processes and sustainability. Nine specific variables are identified that shape public these processes, including the identity and number of interests or groups involved in making policy and how much influence they exert; the range of policy alternatives considered; time frames and information sources for policy making; the time periods over which the impacts of policy alternatives are considered; and the criteria applied by policy makers. The chapter argues that current policy making processes in relation to mineral industries are often incompatible with the pursuit of sustainability and that radical changes are required if public policies are to support sustainabilty in mineral and energy industries.
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    Book Title
    Mining, Society, and a Sustainable World
    Publisher URI
    https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-01103-0_15
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01103-0_15
    Subject
    Political science not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/29443
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