Commissions of Inquiry and Policy Change : : A Comparative Analysis /

Commissions of Inquiry and Policy Change : : A Comparative Analysis / / ed. by Gregory J. Inwood, Carolyn M. Johns.

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Commissions of inquiry are a vital and ubiquitous part of the Canadian policy landscape. Established to answer the tough questions, they have been charged with examining almost every aspect of public life.This collection brings together leading Canadian scholars working in political science, public...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
MitwirkendeR:
Abele, Frances,
Bradford, Neil,
Grace, Joan,
Inwood, Gregory J.,
Johns, Carolyn M.,
O'Reilly, Patricia L.,
Orsini, Michael,
Russell, Peter H.,
Scala, Francesca,
Sossin, Lorne,
HerausgeberIn:
Inwood, Gregory J.,
Johns, Carolyn M.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2014
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.) :; 1 figure
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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
  • Backmatter

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