{"product_id":"negotiating-the-nwt-devolution-of-hal-j-gerein-9781773705743","title":"Negotiating the NWT Devolution of Lands \u0026 Resources: An Insider's Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this story, the author is the GNWT's Chief Negotiator for the devolution of lands and resources from Canada. Devolution means the transfer of authority from a senior level of government to a junior level. Many national governments today are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einvolved with devolution as a means to \"subsidiarity\", the principle that political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epower should be exercised by the least central or smallest unit of government\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecapable and being as close to the people being affected by those decisions as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epossible. Other countries' regions, demanding more autonomy from their central governments, are accomplishing it peacefully via negotiations - the devolution revolution - in places such as Great Britain's Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplicating this Canadian story of devolution is another order of government, the Indigenous First Nations and their governments which have constitutional standing and are the GNWT's partners in the delivery of programs and services to their mutual citizens and the general public. At the same time, the Government of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanada has responsibility for the nation's relationship with Indigenous peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow these tensions are reconciled at a three-sided negotiation table in a historic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edevolution agreement make-up the book's storyline. As in every good story, it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebuilds to a climax of conflict, then of agreement and reconciliation, and finally\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eback to living together again in a new relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will be of interest to historians, political scientists, students of public\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadministration, Indigenous cultures and governance, and Arctic studies and, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore generally, the NWT public and those who care to learn about how our\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eevolving nation is being built.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hal J. Gerein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1773705741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773705743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tellwell Talent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.21d","brand":"Hal J. Gerein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984267542783,"sku":"9781773705743","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_293d9389-e7af-4118-a562-f3daca4a6290.jpg?v=1683271409","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/negotiating-the-nwt-devolution-of-hal-j-gerein-9781773705743","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}