Construction of the hydrocarbon subsystem in Quebec: between political inertia and instrumental changes
Analyzing mutations in the policy subsystem of hydrocarbons in Quebec, the paper aims to show the different dimensions of policy change. Transformation and inertia are studied to highlight how the hydrocarbons subsystem is shaped by incrementalism. However, instruments and actors adjustments show new dynamics that open policy-making to new stakes. Policy change is not brought only by exogenous events but also by endogenous limits of the subsystem and the will to overcome them to maintain the system in place.