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Commissions of inquiry and policy change : a comparative analysis / Carolyn M. Johns, Gregory J. Inwood.

De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Inwood, Gregory J., editor.
Johns, Carolyn (Carolyn M.), 1967- editor.
Series:
Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance.
Institute of Public Administration of Canada Series in Public Management and Governance
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Governmental investigations--Canada.
Governmental investigations.
Political planning--Canada.
Political planning.
Canada.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (351 pages)
Place of Publication:
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2014]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
In search of answers, Commissions of Inquiry and Policy Change analyses ten landmark inquiries ranging across a variety of political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, and legal issues.
Contents:
""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""List of Tables, Figures, and Chapter Appendices""; ""1 Why Study Commissions of Inquiry?""; ""2 Theories of Policy Change and a Four-Part Theoretical Framework for Comparative Analysis""; ""3 Structuring Canada's National Policy Debate: The Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects""; ""4 Politics and Promise: A Feminist-Institutionalist Analysis of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women""; ""5 The Lasting Impact of the Berger Inquiry into the Construction of a Pipeline in the Mackenzie Valley""
""6 Of Leaps of Faith and Policy Change: The Macdonald Royal Commission"" ""7 The Framing of Scientific Governance in Canada: Policy Change and the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies""; ""8 The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: An Exercise in Policy Education""; ""9 Manufacturing Civil Society? How the Krever Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada Shaped Collective Action and Policy Change""; ""10 The Romanow Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada: Laying the Groundwork or a Missed Opportunity for Policy Change?""
""11 The Walkerton Inquiry and Policy Change"" ""12 The Goudge Inquiry: Anatomy of Success for an Inquiry to Change Policy?""; ""13 Commissions of Inquiry and Policy Change: A Comparative Analysis""; ""References""; ""Contributors""
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jul 2018)
ISBN:
1-4426-6887-3
1-4426-6886-5
OCLC:
1046619117

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