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

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...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2007
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
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Physical Description:1 online resource (592 p.)
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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