Publications

Books

Devlin, John F. 2004. A Catalytic State? Agricultural Transformation in Ontario, 1791 to 2001. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Guelph.

Edited Books

Devlin, John F. and Ted Zettel, eds. 1999. Ecoagriculture: Initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa. Harare, Zimbabwe: Weaver Press. 348p.

Chapters in Books

Lithwick, N.H. and John F. Devlin. 1984. “Economic Development Policy: A Case Study in Underdeveloped Policy Making.” In How Ottawa Spends 1984: The New Agenda, ed. A. Maslove. Toronto: Methuen.

Doern, G. Bruce and John F. Devlin. 1988. “The Farm Credit Corporation and the Federal Business Development Bank.” In Privatization, Public Policy and Public Corporations in Canada, ed. Allan Tupper and G. Bruce Doern. Halifax: Institute for Research on Public Policy.

Devlin, John F. 1994. “The New World Disorder: Towards Managed Trade and Economic Partnership for the Next Century”. In The South at the End of the Twentieth Century, ed. L.A. Swatuk and T.M. Shaw. London: Macmillan; New York: St.Martin’s.

Yap, Nonita T., John F. Devlin, C. C. Wu, and S. Ton. 2007. Corporate Environmental Innovations and Public Policy: Case Studies from Taiwan. In Industrial Innovation and Environmental Regulation: Developing Workable Solutions, ed. Saeed Parto and B. Herbert-Copley?, 22 - 50. Tokyo: United Nations University Press/IDRC. http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-110123-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

Devlin, John F. 2011. “Returned Soldiers and Land Settlement” in Wayne Caldwell (ed.) Rediscovering Thomas Adams: Rural Planning and Development in Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press

Tubino, D.I.S., Devlin, J.F. & Yap, N.T. (2011). "A busca pela responsibilidae socioambiental em Itabira" (The search for social and environmental responsibility in Itabira), in Recursos Minerais & Sustentabilidade Territorial, Vol 1. Grandes Minas (Natural Resources & Territorial Sustainability, vol 1 Large Mines), F.R.C. Fernandes, M.A.R. da Silva Enriquez & R. de Carvalho Jimenes Alamino (eds). CETEM/MCTI, Rio de Janiero.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Devlin, John F. and Nonita T. Yap. 1993. “Structural Adjustment Programmes and the UNCED Agenda: Explaining the Contradictions.” Environmental Politics, 2(4): 65-79.

Devlin, John F. and Nonita T. Yap. 1994. “Sustainable development and the NICs: Cautionary Tales for the South in the New World (Dis)Order”, Third World Quarterly, 15 (1): 47-60.

Devlin, John F., Nonita T. Yap, and Robert Weir. 2005. “Public Participation in Environmental Assessment: Case Studies in Legislation and Practice”, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Vol.26, No.3, pp.487-500.

Devlin, John F. and Nonita T. Yap, “Contentious Politics in Environmental Assessment: Blocked Projects and Winning Coalitions.” Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 26(1), March: 17-27

Tubino, D. I. S., Yap, N. T., & Devlin, J. F. 2011. “Professional practice: Vale and its corporate sustainability performance in Itabira, Brazil: is the glass half full or half empty?” Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 29(2), 151-157.

Devlin, John F. 2011. Community Engagement for Adaptive Management in Environmental Assessment Follow-up. Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. Ottawa.

Conference Papers

Devlin, John F. 1988. “Liberalization and the Search for a Viable Credit Policy for Philippine Peasant Agriculture.” Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development, June 7 –9, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Devlin, John F. 1990. “Reinstituting International Relations.” Paper presented at the Thursday Forum, June, at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines.

Devlin, John F. 1990. “Co-operative Development in Taiwan and the Philippines: Lenin or Gramsci?” Paper presented to a joint meeting of the Rural Reconstruction Movement of the Philippines and the Institute for Popular Democracy, June 1990 in Manila, Philippines.

Devlin, John F. 1991. “The Organizational Ecology of Rural Income Distribution: Agrarian Policy and International Relations in East Asia.” Paper presented to the Canadian Association for Studies in International Development Annual Meeting, June 3, at Queen's University , Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Devlin, John F. 1991. “Managing Accommodations: Domestic and Global Institutions in Taiwan's Agrarian Evolution, 1949-1988.” Paper presented to the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, June 2, at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Devlin, John F. 1992. “Structural Adjustment, Redemocratization and the Politics of Exclusion in the Philippines.” Paper presented to Cornell Department of Political Science brown bag seminar, November, in Cornell, New York, United States.

Devlin, John F. 1992. “Distributive Development and Distributive Failure: Structural Adjustment, Redemocratization, and the Politics of Exclusion in the Philippines.” Paper presented to the Northwest Regional Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies Fifth Annual Conference, October 16-18, at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Devlin, John F. 1992. “Embedded Liberalism and the New World Order: Continuities and Change in the Postwar International Political Economy.” Paper presented to the Canadian Association for Studies in International Development Annual Meeting, June 2-4, in Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada.

Devlin, John F. 1993. “Sustainable Development and the NICs at the End of the Twentieth Century.” Paper presented to the Canadian Association for Studies in International Development Annual Meeting, June, at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

Fuller, Anthony, J. Devlin, L. A. Small and B. Johnson. 2000. "Sustainable livelihoods in rural Canada." Issues Affecting Rural Communities, Proceedings of the Rural Communities & Identities in the Global Millennium International Conference, J. C. Montgomery and A. D. Kitchenham, eds., Malaspina University College, May 1 5, 2000. Malaspina, B.C.: Malaspina University College, 150 159.

Devlin, John F. 2003. “Democratization, Development and Rural Structure.” Paper presented to the Canadian Association for Studies in International Development Conference, June 1, at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Devlin, John F. 2003. “Democratization, Development and Rural Structure.” Paper presented to the International Rural Network Conference, June 23, in Inverness, Scotland.

Devlin, John F. 2004. “State Created Social Capital: The Case of Ontario Agriculture.” Paper presented to the International Rural Sociology Association, Rural Policy Working Group, July 29, in Trondheim, Norway.

Devlin, John F. 2004. “The State as Social Capital: Organizational Dimensions of Development Transformation.” Paper presented to the Canadian Association for Studies in International Development, June 3, at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Devlin, John F. 2005. “Canadian Development Policy: The Potential and Efficacy of the Good Governance Agenda.” Paper presented at the Canadian Foreign Policy Under Review, Centre for International Governance Innovation, November 3-5, in Waterloo Canada.

Devlin, John F. 2005. “Democracy and Failed Development: Exclusionary Politics in the Philippines.” Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Studies in International Development, June 3, in London, Canada.

Devlin, John F. and Nonita T. Yap. 2005. “ Participation, Negotiation and Contention: Environmental Assessment Cases and a Research Agenda.” Paper presented to the Canadian Consortium of Area Studies Learned Societies Conference, April 29, in Montréal, Canada.

Yap, Nonita T. and John F. Devlin. 2005. “Globalizing Participatory Environmental Impact Assessment: Comparing Legislative Regimes.” Paper presented to the Canadian Consortium of Area Studies Learned Societies Conference, April 29, in Montréal, Canada.

Devlin, John F. 2006. “Why is Environmental Assessment Failing? Political Contention, Public Participation and the Limits of Democratization.” Paper presented at the International Political Science Association Congress, July 11, in Fukuoka, Japan.

Devlin, John F. 2007. “The Matola Hazardous Waste Incinerator Project.” Paper presented at the International Association for Impact Assessment Annual Conference, Seoul, South Korea, June 5-9, 2007.

Devlin, John F. 2008 “Successful Mobilizations: Environmental Governance and Contentious Politics.” Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Studies in International Development (CASID) conference, Vancouver, June 5-7, 2008.

Devlin, John F. 2008 “Successful Mobilizations: Environmental Governance and Contentious Politics.” Paper presented at the Environmental Studies Association of Canada conference, Vancouver, June 3-6, 2008

Devlin, John F. and Tubino Salomon, Denise. 2009. “Contention, Participation and Mobilization in EA: The Itabira Experience.” Paper presented at the International Association for Impact Assessment Annual Conference, Accra, Ghana, 17-22 May, 2009.

Devlin, John F. & Meredith Davis (2010) “Local Food from the Farmer’s Perspective: A Waterloo Case Study”. A paper presented at the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Annualk Conference: On the Bright Side: Rural Canada Works, Brandon, Manitoba, October 14-16. Co-author and presenter

Devlin, John F., Denise Tubino, & Morgan Boyco (2010) “ Contention, Participation and Mobilization in EA: Contrasting Experiences from Canada and Brazil” A paper presented to the Canadian Association for Studies in International Development, Montreal, Quebec, 2 June, 2010. Presenter and co-author.

Churchyard, Arthur & John F. Devlin, (2010) “OMAFRA and the University of Guelph Contract: The Potential for Supporting Collaborative Food Studies in Ontario”. A paper presented to the Canadian Association for Food Studies” Montreal, Quebec, 30 May, 2010. Co-author

Davis, Meredith & John F. Devlin, (2010) “The ‘Local Food Movement’ from the Waterloo Farmer’s Perspective” A paper presented to the Canadian Association for Food Studies” Montreal, Quebec, 28 May, 2010. Co-author

Devlin, John F., Denise Tubino, & Morgan Boyco (2010) “ Contention, Participation and Mobilization in EA: Contrasting Experiences from Canada and Brazil” A paper presented to the International Association for Impact Assessment Annual Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 11 April, 2010. Presenter and co-author

Devlin, John F., Morgan Boyco, & Denise Tubino (2011) “Power, contention, and public participation in EA”. Paper presented to the IAIA 2011 Annual Conference: Impact Assessment and Responsible Development for Infrastructure, Business and Industry, Puebla, Mexico, 28 May – 4 June. Principal author and presenter

Devlin, John F. (2011) “Community-based monitoring and IA follow-up”. Paper presented to the IAIA 2012 Annual Conference: Energy Future The Role of Impact Assessment, Porto, Portugal, 27 May – 1 June. Author and presenter

Devlin, John F., Karen Landman, Ryan Hayhurst, Monika Korzun, and Meredith Davis, (2011) “Local Food Policy for Multiple Ontarios: Farmer’s perspectives from three distinct agricultural regions”. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Food Studies 2011 Conference: Exploring Change through Food, University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University, Fredericton, May 28-30. Principal author

Technical Reports

2008

56 Devlin, John F. 2008. Comparisons of EA practices in Bolivia, Mozambique, Ukraine and Vietnam, Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. 216p.

55 Yap, N.T. and J. F. Devlin. A Review and Analysis of the Environmental Assessment Protocol of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency, March 28, 2008 48p.

54 Yap, N.T. and J. F. Devlin A Review and Analysis of the Environmental Assessment Protocol of UN-HABITAT, Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency, March 28, 2008 50p.

53 Yap, N.T. and J. F. Devlin. A Review and Analysis of the Environmental Assessment Protocol of CARE Canada, Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency, March 28, 2008, 53p.

52 Yap, N.T. and J. F. Devlin. A Review and Analysis of the Environmental Assessment Protocol of the Caribbean Bank for Regional Development, Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency, February 13, 2008, 68p.

2007

51 J.F. Devlin and Yap, N.T. 2007. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in the Ukraine, Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. December, 2007, 134p.

50 J.F. Devlin and Yap, N.T. 2007. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Pakistan. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. December, 112p.

2005

49 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2005. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Process of Aga Khan Foundation Canada. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. November 2005. 68p.

48 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2005. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Peru. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. September 2005. 158p.

47 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2005. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Colombia. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. September 2005. 120p.

46 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2005. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Bolivia. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. September 2005. 154p.

45 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2005. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency, update. March 2005. 119p.

44 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2005. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Indonesia. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. March 2005. 130p.

43 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2005. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in the People’s Republic of China. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency, update. March 2005. 98p.

42 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2005. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Ecuador. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. March 2005. 128p.

2004

41 Yap, N.T. and J. F. Devlin. 2004. Sustainability Plan. Centro Nacional de Producción Más Limpia (Honduras). Prepared for CIDA-PAGS.

40 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2004. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Nigeria. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. June 2004. 84p.

39 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2004. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Cambodia. June 2004. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. 68p.

38 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2004. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Ethiopia. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. June 2004. 154p.

37 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2004. Review and Analysis of UNDP’s Operating Guidelines for Environmental Management and Sustainable Development. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. June 2004. 118p.

2003

36 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2003. Status of EA Post Rio: Challenges and Opportunities. A research report prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. Guelph. April 2003. 120 p.

35 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2003. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Kenya. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. October 2003. 116p.

2002

34 Devlin, J.F., and N.T. Yap. 2002. Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment. A Handbook. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. 56p.

33 Devlin, John F. 2002. Egyptian Environmental Initiatives Fund Operational Review. Guelph, ON: YESA, Prepared for CIDA, North Africa and Middle East Branch. 110p.

32 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2002. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Chile. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. April 2002. 116p.

31 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2002. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Costa Rica. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. April 2002. 140p.

30 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2002. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in the Palestinian National Authority. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. April 2002. 84p.

29 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2001. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation of the Asian Development Bank. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 2001. 57p.

2001

28 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2001. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation of the African Development Bank. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 2001. 73p.

27 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2001. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Bangladesh. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 2001. 70p.

26 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2001. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation of Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure of the InterAmerican? Development Bank. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 2001. 64p.

25 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2001. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Ghana. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 2001. 88p.

24 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2001. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Mexico. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 2001. 60p.

23 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2001. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Mozambique. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. July 2001. 60p.

22 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2001. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Senegal. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. December 2001. 146p.

21 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2001. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Tanzania. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 2001. 64p.

20 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2001. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Uganda. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 2001. 54p.

19 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2001. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 2001. 82p.
2000

18 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2000. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Brazil. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 2001. 60p.

17 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2000. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in El Salvador. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. 100p.

16 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2000. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Honduras. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. 60p.

15 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2000. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Nicaragua. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. March 2000. 60p.

14 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2000. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Zambia. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. March 2000. 76p.

13 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 2000. Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation in Zimbabwe. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. March 2000. 59p.

1999

12 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 1999. A Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Legislation of the Republic of South Africa. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 1999. 70 p.

11 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 1999. A Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Legislation in India. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 1999. 70 p.

10 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 1999. A Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Legislation in Poland. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 1999. 70 p.

9 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 1999. A Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Legislation in the Peoples’ Republic of Sri Lanka. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. February 1999. 70 p.

1997

8 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 1997. A Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Legislation in the Peoples’ Republic of China. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. October 1997. 70 p.

7 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 1997. A Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Legislation in the Philippines. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. 1997. 70 p.

6 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 1997. A Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Legislation in Egypt. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. September 1997. 70 p.

5 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 1997. A Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Legislation in the Peoples’ Republic of Vietnam. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. April 1997. 60 p.

4 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 1997. A Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Legislation in Thailand. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. April 1997. 52 p.

3 Yap, N.T. and J.F. Devlin. 1997. A Review and Analysis of Environmental Impact Legislation in Malaysia. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency. May 1997. 57 p.

1995

2 Devlin, J.F. 1995. Environmental Capacity Enhancement Project Inception Report. Prepared by YESA for the University of Guelph, University School of Rural Planning and Development. 67p.

1994
1 Yap, N.T. and J.F Devlin. 1994. Integrating Environmental with Socio-Economic? Data: Frameworks and Techniques. Prepared for Environment Canada. 62p.

The Environmental Roundtable Series
J.F. Devlin, General Editor:

Caldwell, W.J., ed. 1999. Issues and Responses: Land Use Planning in Eastern and Southern Africa. Harare: University of Guelph and Weaver Press, 292 p.
Fitzgibbon, J.E., ed. 1999. Advances in Planning and Management of Watersheds and Wetlands in Eastern and Southern Africa. Harare: University of Guelph and Weaver Press, 234 p.

Reid, D.G., ed. 1999. Ecotourism Development in Eastern and Southern Africa. Harare: University of Guelph and Weaver Press, 190 p.

Yap, N.T., ed. 1999. Cleaner Production and Consumption in Eastern and Southern Africa: Challenges and Opportunities. Harare: University of Guelph and Weaver Press, 186 p.

Devlin, J.F. and Ted Zettel, eds. 1999. Ecoagriculture: Initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa. Harare: University of Guelph and Weaver Press, 348 p.