Policy Analysis in Canada
eBook - PDF

Policy Analysis in Canada

  1. 592 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Policy Analysis in Canada

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

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