Policy Work in Canada is an in-depth study into the levels of analytical capacity found within the federal and provincial governments as well as the non-governmental sector. By focusing on the individuals who craft public policy in Canada, this collection of eighteen chapters broadens and deepens our understanding of policy development in Canada.
The contributors to this volume empirically examine such topics as: the inherent characteristics of sophisticated policy analysis, the constraints that influence the outcome or style of analysis, the influence of policy analysis on democratic debate and lessons that can be learned from different jurisdictions within and outside of Canada. Policy Work in Canada provides a pathway for academics and public mangers alike to meet the challenges involved in crafting more nuanced and sophisticated public policy head-on.
Policy Work in Canada is an in-depth study into the levels of analytical capacity found within the federal and provincial governments as well as the non-governmental sector.
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"The contributors to this volume really help unpack the complexity of policy work and illustrate the variety of actors who contribute to policy analysis. The editors have brought together a wealth of empirical data for those interested in the many facets of policy work." -- Rachel Laforest, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University
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1 The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Canada: An Introduction and Overview |
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2 Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy Revisited: The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Contemporary Government |
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Part 2 Policy Work in Canadian Government |
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3 Policy Capacity and Incapacity in Canada's Federal Government |
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4 Policy Analysis and Policy Work at the Provincial and Territorial Level: Demographics and Description |
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5 The Policy Analytical Capacity of the Government of Quebec: Results from a Survey of Officials |
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6 Differences in Federal and Provincial Policy Analysis |
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7 Intergovernmental Policy Capacities and Practices in Canada |
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100 | (11) |
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8 Public Managers and Policy Analytical Capacity in Canada |
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111 | (23) |
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9 Policy Work and the Political Arm of Government |
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Part 3 Policy Work outside Government |
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10 The Role of Policy Consultants: "Consultocracy" or Business as Usual |
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11 Inside the Black Box of Academic Researchers--Policy Analysts Interactions |
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12 Government Science and Policy Advice: Evidence-based Policymaking at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Its Implications for the Practice of Policy Analysis |
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13 Mandates, Political Parties, and Policy Capacity |
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14 Policy Dialogue and Engagement between Non-Government Organizations and Government: A Survey of Processes and Instruments of Canadian Policy Workers |
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Part 4 Improving Canadian Policy Work |
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15 Targeted Supply-Side Policy Capacity Dynamics: High-Calibre Policy Worker Recruitment in Canada |
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267 | (21) |
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16 (Re)Scaling Policy Capacity between Government and the Voluntary Sector in Canada |
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288 | (14) |
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17 Towards Policy Analysis 2.0: Platforms for Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration among Policy Analysts |
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18 Policy Work System Dynamics: Implications for Practice, Pedagogy, and Scholarship |
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| References |
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| Permission Credits |
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| Contributors |
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Michael Howlett is Burnaby Mountain Chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University and Yong Pung How Chair Professor in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
Adam Wellstead is an associate professor of Environmental and Energy Policy at Michigan Technological University
Jonathan Craft is a cross-appointed assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, and School of Public Policy and Governance, at the University of Toronto.
