Policy Analysis in Canada / / ed. by Laurent Dobuzinskis, Michael Howlett, David Laycock.

• MitwirkendeR: Abelson, Donald E.,; Baldwin, Bob,; Boardman, Anthony E.,; Brooks, Stephen,; Cohn, Daniel,; Cross, William,; Desveaux, James,; Dobuzinskis, Laurent,; Fershau, Jonathan,; Geva-May, Iris,; Howlett, Michael,; Jackson, Andrew,; Laycock, David,; Lindquist, Evert,; Maslove, Allan M.,; Mcarthur, Doug,; Mintrom, Michael,; Murray, Catherine,; Petry, François,; Phillips, Susan D.,; Prince, Michael J.,; Salter, Liora,; Schofield, Josie,; Smith, Patrick J.,; Speers, Kimberly,; Stritch, Andrew,; Vining, Aidan R.,; Voyer, Jean-Pierre,
• HerausgeberIn: Dobuzinskis, Laurent,; Howlett, Michael,; Laycock, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (592 p.)

The growth of what some academics refer to as 'the policy analysis movement' represents an effort to reform certain aspects of government behaviour. The policy analysis movement is the result of efforts made by actors inside and outside formal political decision-making processes to improve policy outcomes by applying systematic evaluative rationality to the development and implementation of policy options. This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the many ways in which the policy analysis movement has been conducted, and to what effect, in Canadian governments and, for the first time, in business associations, labour unions, universities, and other non-governmental organizations.Editors Laurent Dobuzinskis, Michael Howlett, and David Laycock have brought together a wide range of contributors to address questions such as: What do policy analysts do? What techniques and approaches do they use? What is their influence on policy-making in Canada? Is there a policy analysis deficit? What norms and values guide the work done by policy analysts working in different institutional settings? Contributors focus on the sociology of policy analysis, demonstrating how analysts working in different organizations tend to have different interests and to utilize different techniques. They compare and analyze the significance of these different styles and approaches, and speculate about their impact on the policy process.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- 1. Policy Analysis in Canada: The State of the Art -- Part I. The Styles and Methods of Public Policy Analysis in Canada -- 2. The Policy Analysis Profession in Canada -- 3. The Choice of Formal Policy Analysis Methods in Canada -- 4. Beyond Formal Policy Analysis: Governance Context, Analytical Styles, and the Policy Analysis Movement in Canada -- 5. Policy Analysis and Bureaucratic Capacity: Context, Competencies, and Strategies -- Part II. Public Policy Analysis in Canada: Historical and Comparative Context -- 6. The Policy Analysis Movement -- 7. Soft Craft, Hard Choices, Altered Context: Reflections on Twenty-Five Years of Policy Advice in Canada -- 8. In Between Trends: Developments of Public Policy Analysis and Policy Analysis Instruction in Canada, the United States, and the European Union -- Part III. Policy Analysis by Governments -- 9. Policy Analysis in the Federal Government: Building the Forward- Looking Policy Research Capacity -- 10. Policy Analysis in Provincial Governments in Canada: From PPBS to Network Management -- 11. Immature Policy Analysis: Building Capacity in Eight Major Canadian Cities -- Part IV. Committees, Public Inquiries, Research Institutes, Consultants, and Public Opinion -- 12. The Public of Public Inquiries -- 13. Back to the Future? Is There a Case for Re-establishing the Economic Council and/or the Science Council? -- 14. Committees inside Canadian Legislatures -- 15. How Policy Makers View Public Opinion -- 16. The Invisible Private Service: Consultants and Public Policy in Canada -- Part V. Parties and Interest Group-Based Policy Analysis -- 17. Policy Study and Development in Canada's Political Parties -- 18. Business Associations and Policy Analysis in Canada -- 19. Policy Analysis by the Labour Movement in a Hostile Environment -- 20. Policy Analysis and the Voluntary Sector: Evolving Policy Styles -- Part VI. Academic and Advocacy-Based Policy Analysis -- 21. The Media -- 22. Any Ideas? Think Tanks and Policy Analysis in Canada -- 23. Academics and Public Policy: Informing Policy Analysis and Policy Making -- Contributors