The Evolution of Evidence-Based Policy-Making in Canada - Hardcover

Young, Shaun P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199003033 ISBN 13: 9780199003037

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2014

Synopsis

The ongoing generation of new knowledge continues to increase both the number and variety of potential policy issues and challenges. This collection considers these issues in the Canadian context, from the path knowledge travels via policy advisory systems and research-brokering organizations to specific areas of policy.

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About the Author

Shaun P. Young, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Manager, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto

Shaun P. Young is the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Manager for the Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto. He is also a Senior Fellow of the York Centre for Public Policy and Law, and an External Associate of the York Centre for Practical Ethics, both at York University. He previously worked as a senior policy adviser and senior research planning adviser in a number of different ministries in the Ontario Public Service, and, more recently, as Senior Policy Associate at the Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on issues of justice in contemporary multicultural liberal democracies. He is the author or editor of five books and numerous journal articles and book chapters and has taught political science, public policy, and philosophy at a number of universities in Ontario.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199003033
• ISBN 13: 9780199003037
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240