Canadian public policy : selected studies in process and style / Michael Howlett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howlett, Michael, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political planning--Canada.

Political planning.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xiii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2013]

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction

1 Introduction 5

2 Policy Development as Decision-Making Process 12

Part 2 The Policy Process in Canada

3 Agenda Setting - Predictable and Unpredictable Policy Windows: Institutional and Exogenous Correlates of Canadian Federal Agenda Setting 37

4 Policy Formulation: Do Networks Matter? Linking Policy Network Structure to Policy Outcomes: Evidence from Four Canadian Policy Sectors 1990-2000 65

5 Decision Making - Analysing Multi-Actor, Multi-Round Public Policy Decision-Making Processes in Government: Findings from Five Canadian Cases 91

6 Policy Implementation: Managing the "Hollow State": Procedural Policy Instruments and Modern Governance 118

7 Policy Evaluation - Policy Advice in Multilevel Governance Systems: Sub-National Policy Analysts and Analysis 133

Part 3 Conclusion

8 Conclusion - Policy Analytical Capacity and Evidence-Based Policy-Making: Lessons from Canada 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442644069

1442644060

9781442612419

144261241X

OCLC:

852728024