Canadian science, technology, and innovation policy : the innovation economy and society nexus / G. Bruce Doern, David Castle, and Peter W.B. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doern, G. Bruce, author.

Castle, David, 1967- author.

Phillips, Peter W. B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science and state--Canada--History--20th century.

Science and state.

Science and industry--Government policy--Canada--History--20th century.

Science and industry.

Technology and state--Canada--History--20th century.

Technology and state.

Technological innovations--Government policy--Canada--History--20th century.

Technological innovations.

Science and industry--Government policy.

Technological innovations--Government policy.

History.

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 444 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Throughout Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy in Canada since 1960, authors Doern, Castle, and Phillips examine Canadian science and technology (S & T) and innovation policy (STI policy), governance and democracy in the post-World War II era--particularly focusing on the five decades during the Harper, Chrétien-Martin, Mulroney, and Trudeau prime-ministerial eras. They attempt to develop and advance the concept of an innovation economy and society nexus and understand whether, and to what extent, the current concerns raised about Canadian STI policy are new, or are embedded and long-standing, and whether they can be changed and reformed to achieve other, more defensible goals in private markets and the public domain. Doern, Castle, and Phillips focus their investigation on three principal questions: 1) How, why, and to what extent Canadian S & T and innovation policy, governance, and democracy have changed over the last 50 years, 2) Where S & T and innovation policy resided in Canadian federal political and policy agendas across the last 50 years, and 3) How concepts of science-based governance prevailed or been changed across the last several decades."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Conceptual Foundations and Historical Context

1 Conceptual Foundations 19

2 Canadian S & T and Innovation Policy and Agendas in Liberal and Conservative Prime Ministerial Eras 52

3 Canada-US and International STI Policy and Institutions 70

Part 2 Empirical Analysis of S & T and Innovation Policy Domains

4 The Macro S & T and Innovation Policy Domain 99

5 The Government S & T Departments and Agencies Domain 132

6 The Granting, University, and Levered-Money Domain 163

7 The Industrial S & T and Innovation Domain 197

8 The Intellectual Property, Invention, and Innovation Domain 230

9 The Agriculture, Food, Biosciences, and Biotechnology Domain 261

10 The Genomics, Life Sciences, and Technology Domain 290

11 The Internet, Communications, and Social Media Domain 322

Part 3 Conclusions

12 Canadian STI Policy: The Innovation Economy and Society Nexus 359.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-438) and index.

Other Format:

Doern, G. Bruce, 1942-, author. Canadian science, technology, and innovation policy.

ISBN:

9780773547230

0773547231

9780773547247

077354724X

OCLC:

932386881