Cover ; Copyright page ; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Water Scarcity and Water Governance in Southern Alberta; Water Governance in Southern Alberta; Methodology and Book Outline; 2. The Advocacy Coalition Framework; An Introduction to the ACF; ACF Research; Summary; 3. Water Policy in Southern Alberta: From "Hard" to "Softer"; The Hard Policy Era; The Softer Policy Era; Summary; 4. Advocacy Coalitions in the Alberta Water Policy Subsystem; The ACF and Policy-Relevant Beliefs; The Era of Aggie Dominance; The Emergence of Aggie-Green Pluralism; The Normalization of Aggie-Green Pluralism

Explaining the Shift to Softer Policy: The First Piece of the Puzzle5. Coalition Power Resources; The ACF and Coalition Power; Hard Power Resources; Soft Power Resources; Explaining the Shift to Softer Policy: The Next Piece of the Puzzle; 6. Water Management for Irrigation Use; A Shock to the Subsystem: Enter the Tories; Water Management for Irrigation Use; The Oldman River Dam; The SSRB Water Management Policy; Summary; 7. The Water Act; Internal and External Shocks to the Policy Subsystem; The Water Management and Conservation Act; The Water Act, Part 1: Kill Bill 51

The Water Act, Part 2: Institutional LayeringSummary; 8. The SSRB Water Management Plan; A Policy Path Opens; SSRB Water Management Plan: Phase 1; The Path Not Taken; SSRB Water Management Plan: Phase 2; Summary; 9. Conclusion; Since the SSRB Water Management Plan; Testing the ACF; Shedding Light on a Wicked Problem; Appendix: Measuring Policy Core Beliefs Using Qualitative Content Analysis; References; Index