Policy analysis in Canada brings together original contributions from many of the fields leading scholars. Contributors chronicle the evolution of policy analysis in Canada over the past 50 years and reflect on its application in both governmental and non-governmental settings.
As part of the International Library of Policy Analysis series, the book enables cross-national comparison of public policy analysis concepts and practice within national and sub-national governments, media, NGOs and other institutional settings.
Informed by the latest scholarship on policy analysis, the volume is a valuable resource for academics and students of policy studies, public management, political science and comparative policy studies.
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"A collection of outstanding and original essays on the practice, profession, pedagogy, science and art of policy analysis in Canada." Leslie A. Pal, Carleton University, Canada
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One Policy analysis in Canada: an introduction |
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Part I The profession of policy analysis in Canada |
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Two The policy analysis profession in Canada Stephen Brooks |
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Three The "lumpiness" thesis revisited: the venues of policy work and the distribution of analytical techniques in Canada |
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Part II Policy analysis at different levels of Canadian governments |
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Four Policy analysis in the federal government: conditions and renewal initiatives in the Trudeau era |
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Five Public policy in the provinces: more powering; less puzzling |
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99 | (22) |
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Six Policy analysis in local government |
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Part III Policy analysis in the executive and legislative branches of Canadian government |
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Seven Policy analysis and the central executive |
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Eight Policy capacity and recruiting expertise in public services: acquiring talent in evolving governance environments |
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165 | (22) |
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Nine The diminished invisible private service: consultants and public policy in Canada |
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187 | (24) |
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Ten Canadian legislatures, public policy and policy analysis |
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211 | (22) |
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Eleven Commissions of inquiry and policy analysis |
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233 | (22) |
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Part IV Policy analysis outside government: parties, interest groups and the media |
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255 | (138) |
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Twelve The policy capacity of political parties In Canada |
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257 | (18) |
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Thirteen Any better ideas? Think tanks and policy analysis in Canada |
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275 | (22) |
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Fourteen Policy analytical capacity and Canadian business associations |
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297 | (20) |
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Fifteen Transforming governance patterns: challenges and opportunities for voluntary sector policy capacity |
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317 | (14) |
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Sixteen Policy analysis and advocacy in the Canadian labour movement: when the force of argument is not enough |
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331 | (20) |
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Seventeen Media and public policy |
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351 | (18) |
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Eighteen From policy analysis to policy analytics |
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369 | (24) |
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Part V Pedagogy and policy analysis in the Canadian university system |
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393 | (54) |
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Nineteen Academics and public policy |
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395 | (26) |
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Twenty Public policy studies in North America and Europe |
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421 | (26) |
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447 | (20) |
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Twenty-One Trends and directions in Canadian policy analysis and policy advice |
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Laurent Dobuzinskis, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University has two different research and teaching interests: the history of political and economic thought, political economy (rational choice), and the philosophy of the social sciences; and public policy analysis.
Michael Howlett is Burnaby Mountain Chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University, specializing in public policy analysis, political economy, and resource and environmental policy.
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