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Policy analysis in Canada : the state of the art / edited by Laurent Dobuzinskis, Michael Howlett, David Laycock.
LIBRA JL75 .P65 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political planning--Canada--Textbooks.
- Political planning.
- Policy sciences--Textbooks.
- Policy sciences.
- Political planning--Canada.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- x, 603 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- 1 Policy Analysis in Canada: The State of the Art / Laurent Dobuzinkis, Michael Howlett, David Laycock 3
- Part I The Styles and Methods of Public Policy Analysis in Canada 19
- 2 The Policy Analysis Profession in Canada / Stephen Brooks 21
- 3 The Choice of Formal Policy Analysis Methods in Canada / Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman 48
- 4 Beyond Formal Policy Analysis: Governance Context, Analytical Styles, and the Policy Analysis Movement in Canada / Michael Howlett, Evert Lindquist 86
- 5 Policy Analysis and Bureaucratic Capacity: Context, Competences, and Strategies / Evert Lindquist, James Desveaux 116
- Part II Public Policy Analysis in Canada: Historical and Comparative Context 143
- 6 The Policy Analysis Movement / Michael Mintrom 145
- 7 Soft Craft, Hard Choices, Altered Context: Reflections on Twenty-Five Years of Policy Advice in Canada / Michael J. Prince 163
- 8 In Between Trends: Developments of Public Policy Analysis and Policy Analysis Instruction in Canada, the United States, and the European Union / Iris Geva-May, Allan M. Maslove 186
- Part III Policy Analysis By Governments 217
- 9 Policy Analysis in the Federal Government: Building the Forward-Looking Policy Research Capacity / Jean-Pierre Voyer 219
- 10 Policy Analysis in Provincial Governments in Canada: From PPBS to Network Management / Doug McArthur 238
- 11 Immature Policy Analysis: Building Capacity in Eight Major Canadian Cities / Kennedy Stewart, Patrick J. Smith 265
- Part IV Committees, Public Inquiries, Research Institutes, Consultants, and Public Opinion 289
- 12 The Public of Public Inquiries / Liora Salter 291
- 13 Back to the Future? Is There a Case for Re-establishing the Economic Council and/or the Science Council? / Laurent Dobuzinskis 315
- 14 Committees inside Canadian Legislatures / Josie Schofield, Jonathan Fershau 351
- 15 How Policy Makers View Public Opinion / Francois Petry 375
- 16 The Invisible Private Service: Consultants and Public Policy in Canada / Kimberly Speers 399
- Part V Parties and Interest Group-Based Policy Analysis 423
- 17 Policy Study and Development in Canada's Political Parties / William Cross 425
- 18 Business Associations and Policy Analysis in Canada / Andrew Stritch 443
- 19 Policy Analysis by the Labour Movement in a Hostile Environment / Andrew Jackson, Bob Baldwin 473
- 20 Policy Analysis and the Voluntary Sector: Evolving Policy Styles / Susan D. Phillips 497
- Part VI Academic and Advocacy-Based Policy Analysis 523
- 21 The Media / Catherine Murray 525
- 22 Any Ideas? Think Tanks and Policy Analysis in Canada / Donald E. Abelson 551
- 23 Academics and Public Policy: Informing Policy Analysis and Policy Making / Daniel Cohn 574.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780802080042
- 0802080049
- 9780802037879
- 0802037879
- OCLC:
- 79256036
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