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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doern, G. Bruce, author.

Castle, David, 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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : 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:

Introduction and Analytical Framework

Part one Conceptual foundations and historical context. 1 Conceptual Foundations

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

3 Canada- US and International STI Policy and Institutions

Part two Empirical analysis of S&T and innovation policy domains

4 The Macro S&T and Innovation Policy Domain

5 The Government S&T Departments and Agencies Domain

6 The Granting, University, and Levered- Money Domain

7 The Industrial S&T and Innovation Domain

8 The Intellectual Property, Invention, and Innovation Domain

9 The Agriculture, Food, Biosciences, and Biotechnology Domain

10 The Genomics, Life Sciences, and Technology Domain

11 The Internet, Communications, and Social Media Domain

Part three Conclusions. 12 Canadian STI Policy: The Innovation Economy and Society Nexus

Postscript: The New Justin Trudeau Liberal Government.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7735-9899-5

0-7735-9898-7

OCLC:

935756278