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Policy work in Canada : professional practices and analytical capacities / edited by Michael Howlett, Adam Wellstead, and Jonathan Craft.

Howlett, Michael, 1955- (author,, editor.). Wellstead, A. M. (Adam Matthew), 1967- (author,, editor.). Craft, Jonathan, 1980- (author,, editor.).

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

"The contributors to this volume 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 the lessons that can be learned from different jurisdictions within and outside of Canada. Policy Work in Canada provides a pathway for academics and public managers alike to meet the challenges involved in crafting more nuanced and sophisticated public policy head-on."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442647374 (cloth)
Physical Description: xiv, 386 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto ; University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

The nature of professional policy work in Canada : an introduction and overview / Michael Howlett, Adam Wellstead, and Jonathan Craft -- Policy analysts in the bureaucracy revisited : the nature of professional policy work in contemporary government / Michael Howlett and Adam Wellstead -- Policy capacity and incapacity in Canada's federal government / Adam Wellstead, Richard Stedman, and Evert Lindquist -- Policy analysis and policy work at the provincial and territorial level : demographics and description / Michael Howlett and Joshua Newman -- The policy analytical capacity of the government of Quebec : results from a survey of officials / Luc Bernier and Michael Howlett -- Differences in federal and provincial policy analysis / Michael Howlett and Adam Wellstead -- Intergovernmental policy capacities and practices in Canada / Patricia L. O'Reilly, Gregory J. Inwood, and Carolyn M. Johns -- Public managers and policy analytical capacity in Canada / Michael Howlett -- Policy work and the political arm of government / Jonathan Craft -- The role of policy consultants : "consultocracy" or business as usual / Michael Howlett and Andrea Migone -- Inside the black box of academic researchers--policy analysts interactions / Mathie Ouimet, Pierre-Olivier Bédard, and Grégory Léon -- Government science and policy advice : evidence-based policy making at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and its implications for the practice of policy analysis / Nicole Klenk -- Mandates, political parties and policy capacity / Greg Flynn -- Policy dialogue and engagement between non-government organizations and government : a survey of processes and instruments of Canadian policy workers / Bryan Evans and Adam Wellstead -- Targeted supply-side policy capacity dynamics : high calibre policy worker recruitment in Canada / Jonathan Craft and Siobhan Harty -- (Re)scaling policy capacity between government and the voluntary sector in Canada / Karine Levasseur -- Towards policy analysis 2.0 : platforms for knowledge sharing and collaboration amongst policy analysts / Justin Longo -- Policy work system dynamics : implications for practice, pedagogy and scholarship / Adam Wellstead, Jonathan Craft and Michael Howlett.