Policy work in Canada : professional practices and analytical capacities

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."--

Record details

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

Content descriptions

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Includes bibliographical references.

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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.