Policy Analysis in Canada: The State of the Art - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0802080049 ISBN 13 : 9780802080042

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2007

Synopsis

The growth of what some academics refer to as 'the policy analysis movement' represents an effort to reform certain aspects of government behaviour. The policy analysis movement is the result of efforts made by actors inside and outside formal political decision-making processes to improve policy outcomes by applying systematic evaluative rationality to the development and implementation of policy options. This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the many ways in which the policy analysis movement has been conducted, and to what effect, in Canadian governments and, for the first time, in business associations, labour unions, universities, and other non-governmental organizations. Editors Laurent Dobuzinskis, Michael Howlett, and David Laycock have brought together a wide range of contributors to address questions such as: What do policy analysts do? What techniques and approaches do they use? What is their influence on policy-making in Canada? Is there a policy analysis deficit? What norms and values guide the work done by policy analysts working in different institutional settings? Contributors focus on the sociology of policy analysis, demonstrating how analysts working in different organizations tend to have different interests and to utilize different techniques. They compare and analyze the significance of these different styles and approaches, and speculate about their impact on the policy process.

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À propos des auteurs

Laurent Dobuzinskis is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University.

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.


David Laycock is a professor and chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802080049
• ISBN 13: 9780802080042
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 592
• Éditeur: Dobuzinskis Laurent, Howlett Michael, Laycock David
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible