What Have We Learned? The Strategic Social Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador: Strengthening Collaborative Approaches to Development
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2009-11-26T02:37:50Z
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Background:
Newfoundland and Labrador is an interesting and challenging place for an experiment in
participatory social policy development. Similar to other primary resource-based economies with
little or no local ownership or control, the province has seldom known steady, long-term
prosperity. Until recently, its political culture and institutions have been characterized by
hierarchy and deference to political elites, though this is rapidly changing. Municipal institutions
are relatively new and fragile and local leadership maybe underdeveloped...
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Newfoundland , Discussion paper , Cura , Labrador , Communications