Policy Work in Canada: Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities

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Policy Work in Canada

Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities

Edited by: Michael Howlett , Adam Wellstead and Jonathan Craft

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2017

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Howlett Michael :

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.
Wellstead Adam :

Adam Wellstead is an associate professor of Environmental and Energy Policy at Michigan Technological University
Craft Jonathan :

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.

Reviews

Rachel Laforest, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University:

"The contributors to this volume really help unpack the complexity of policy work and illustrate the variety of actors who contribute to policy analysis. The editors have brought together a wealth of empirical data for those interested in the many facets of policy work."

Topics

Business and Economics Business Management Industries Public Sector, Public Private Partnerships, Public Administration

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	ix
List of Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xi
Part 1: Introduction
1. The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Canada: An Introduction and Overview Michael Howlett, Adam Wellstead and Jonathan Craft Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	5
2. Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy Revisited: The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Contemporary Government Michael Howlett and Adam Wellstead Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	19
Part 2: Policy Work in Canadian Government
3. Policy Capacity and Incapacity in Canada’s Federal Government Adam Wellstead, Richard Stedman and Evert Lindquist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	39
4. Policy Analysis and Policy Work at the Provincial and Territorial Level: Demographics and Description Michael Howlett and Joshua Newman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	58
5. The Policy Analytical Capacity of the Government of Quebec: Results from a Survey of Officials Luc Bernier and Michael Howlett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
6. Differences in Federal and Provincial Policy Analysis Michael Howlett and Adam Wellstead Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	87
7. Intergovernmental Policy Capacities and Practices in Canada Patricia L. O’Reilly, Gregory J. Inwood and Carolyn M. Johns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	100
8. Public Managers and Policy Analytical Capacity in Canada Michael Howlett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	111
9. Policy Work and the Political Arm of Government Jonathan Craft Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	134
Part 3: Policy Work outside Government
10. The Role of Policy Consultants: “Consultocracy” or Business as Usual Michael Howlett and Andrea Migone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	155
11. Inside the Black Box of Academic Researchers–Policy Analysts Interactions Mathieu Ouimet, Pierre-Olivier Bédard and Grégory Léon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	183
12. Government Science and Policy Advice: Evidence-based Policymaking at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Its Implications for the Practice of Policy Analysis Nicole Klenk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
13. Mandates, Political Parties, and Policy Capacity Greg Flynn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	224
14. 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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
Part 4: Improving Canadian Policy Work
15. Targeted Supply-Side Policy Capacity Dynamics: High-Calibre Policy Worker Recruitment in Canada Jonathan Craft and Siobhan Harty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
16. (Re)Scaling Policy Capacity between Government and the Voluntary Sector in Canada Karine Levasseur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	288
17. Towards Policy Analysis 2.0: Platforms for Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration among Policy Analysts Justin Longo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	302
Part 5: Conclusion
18. Policy Work System Dynamics: Implications for Practice, Pedagogy, and Scholarship Adam Wellstead, Jonathan Craft and Michael Howlett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	325
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	335
Permission Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	383
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	385

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December 22, 2016

eBook ISBN:

9781442668034

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400

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9 figures

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668034

eBook ISBN: 9781442668034

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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;

Policy Work in Canada

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