Policy Work in Canada: Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities

ISBN 10: 144264737X / ISBN 13: 9781442647374

Published by University of Toronto Press, 2017

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pp. 432.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Policy Work in Canada: Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144264737X
• ISBN 13: 9781442647374
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Policy Work in Canada is an in-depth study into the levels of analytical capacity found within the federal and provincial governments as well as the non-governmental sector. By focusing on the individuals who craft public policy in Canada, this collection of eighteen chapters broadens and deepens our understanding of policy development in Canada.

The contributors to this volume empirically examine such topics as: the inherent characteristics of sophisticated policy analysis, the constraints that influence the outcome or style of analysis, the influence of policy analysis on democratic debate and lessons that can be learned from different jurisdictions within and outside of Canada. Policy Work in Canada provides a pathway for academics and public mangers alike to meet the challenges involved in crafting more nuanced and sophisticated public policy head-on.

About the Author

Michael Howlett is Burnaby Mountain Chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University and Yong Pung How Chair Professor in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
Adam Wellstead is an associate professor of Environmental and Energy Policy at Michigan Technological University
Jonathan Craft is a cross-appointed assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, and School of Public Policy and Governance, at the University of Toronto.