Making Policy In Turbulent Times

Author : Paul Axelrod,Richard Wellen,Theresa Shanahan,Roopa Desai Trilokekar
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781553393320

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Making Policy in Turbulent Times by Paul Axelrod,Richard Wellen,Theresa Shanahan,Roopa Desai Trilokekar Pdf

How is policy made in higher education, particularly in the wake of recent economic turbulence? Has policy development converged internationally, and if so, what impact has this had on academic life and institutions? What role does policy-oriented research play in shaping the direction of higher education? Are universities grappling in common ways with issues of access and equity? Making Policy in Turbulent Times provides a historically informed and nuanced response to these and other questions. Distinguished scholars and administrators from across the globe identify economic challenges and pressures facing universities, compare policy developments in numerous jurisdictions, and demonstrate the ways in which networks and lobbyists achieve results. Cogently argued, Making Policy in Turbulent Times contributes significantly to new research, and will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners alike.

Author : Keith Banting,Jon Medow
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781553393290

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Making EI Work by Keith Banting,Jon Medow Pdf

Since the inception and design of Canada's Employment Insurance (EI) program, the Canadian economy and labour market have undergone dramatic changes. It is clear that EI has not kept pace with those changes, and experts and advocates agree that the program is no longer effective or equitable. Making EI Work is the result of a panel of distinguished scholars gathered by the Mowat Centre Employment Insurance Task Force to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, and future directions of EI. The authors identify the strengths and weaknesses of the system, and consider how it could be improved to better and more fairly support those in need. They make suggestions for facilitating a more efficient Canadian labour market, and meeting the human capital requirements of a dynamic economy for the present and the foreseeable future. The chapters that comprise Making EI Work informed the task force's final recommendations, and form an engaging dialogue that makes the case for, and defines the parameters of, a reformed support system for Canada's unemployed. Contributors include Ken Battle (Caledon Institute of Social Policy), Robin Boadway (Queen's University), Allison Bramwell (University of Toronto), Sujit Choudhry (New York University School of Law), Kathleen M. Day (University of Ottawa), Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa), Jean-Denis Garon (Queen's University), David Gray (University of Ottawa), Morley Gunderson (University of Toronto), Ian Irvine (Concordia University), Stephen Jones (McMaster University), Thomas R. Klassen (York University), Michael Mendelson (Caledon Institute of Social Policy), Alain Noël (Université de Montréal), Michael Pal (University of Toronto Faculty of Law), W. Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia), William Scarth (McMaster University), Luc Turgeon (University of Ottawa), Leah F. Vosko (York University), Stanley L. Winer (Carleton University), Donna E. Wood (University of Victoria), and Yan Zhang (Statistics Canada).

Author : Leslie Alexander Pal
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : ITP Nelson
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PSU:000031407571

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Beyond Policy Analysis by Leslie Alexander Pal Pdf

Author : Merli Tamtik,Roopa Desai Trilokekar,Glen A. Jones
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780228003113

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International Education as Public Policy in Canada by Merli Tamtik,Roopa Desai Trilokekar,Glen A. Jones Pdf

In the early twenty-first century international education emerged as an almost ubiquitous concept within discussions of educational curriculum; the objectives of schools, universities, and colleges; and government policies for K–12 and higher education. Although far from a new phenomenon, many jurisdictions now view international education as a highly competitive global industry. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of international education policy in Canada, tracing the complex history of when, how, and why it emerged as a policy area of strategic importance. Illuminating a uniquely Canadian perspective, influenced by regional interests and federal-provincial tensions, International Education as Public Policy in Canada addresses challenging questions: Why was Canada a latecomer in addressing this policy issue? What is the relationship between international education and Canadian immigration policy? How did international education develop as a major Canadian industry? The resulting essays from leading scholars contribute not only to the growing Canadian literature on international education policy but also to a critical, global conversation. Contemplating where the Canadian story of international education is headed, International Education as Public Policy in Canada calls for a broader debate on ethical practices in internationalization, focusing on inclusion, equity, compassion, and reciprocity.

Author : Paul Axelrod,Richard Wellen,Roopa Desai Trilokekar,Theresa Shanahan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781553393412

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Making Policy in Turbulent Times by Paul Axelrod,Richard Wellen,Roopa Desai Trilokekar,Theresa Shanahan Pdf

Can higher education policy-making be imaginatively theorized?

Author : Christopher K. Ansell,Jarle Trondal,Morten Øgård
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198739517

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Governance in Turbulent Times by Christopher K. Ansell,Jarle Trondal,Morten Øgård Pdf

What are the conditions for political development and decay, and the likelihood of sustained political order? What are the limits of established rule as we know it? How much stress can systems tackle before they reach some kind of limit? How do governments tackle enduring ambiguity and uncertainty in their systems and environments? These are some of the big questions of our time. Governance in turbulent times may serve as a stress-test of well-known ways of governing in the 21st century. Governance in Turbulent Times discusses this pertinent challenge and suggests how governments and organizations cope with and live with turbulence. The book explores how organizations and institutions respond to precipitous, conflicting, and novel-in short, turbulent-governance challenges. This book is a comprehensive and ground-breaking endeavor to understand how governance systems respond to turbulent challenges, and how turbulent times provide excellent opportunities to investigate the sustainability of governance systems. The book illustrates how politics, administrative scale and complexity, uncertainty, and time constraints can collide to produce turbulence. Building on prior work in organization theory and political science, we argue that turbulence refers to four properties related to the interaction of demands for action: variability, consistency, expectation, and unpredictability. Turbulence occurs where the interaction of demands is experienced as highly variable, inconsistent, unexpected, and/or unpredictable.

Author : Paul Dobrescu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030113612

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Development in Turbulent Times by Paul Dobrescu Pdf

This open access book explores the most recent trends in the EU in terms of development, progress, and performance. Ten years after the 2008 economic crisis, and amidst a digital revolution that is intensifying the development race, the European Union, and especially Central and Eastern Europe, are ardently searching for their development priorities. Against this background, by relying on a cross-national perspective, the authors reflect upon the developmental challenges of the moment, such as sustainable development, reducing inequality, ensuring social cohesion, and driving the digital revolution. They particularly focus on the relation between the less-developed Eastern part of the EU and its more developed Western counterpart, and discuss the consequences of this development gap in detail. Lastly, the book presents a range of case studies from different areas of governance, such as economy and commerce, health services, education, migration and public opinion in order to investigate the trends most likely to impact the European Union's medium and long-term development.

Author : Ian Douglas Clark
Publisher : Queen's School of Policy Studies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : 1553392655

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Academic Transformation by Ian Douglas Clark Pdf

The large scale publicly funded system of postsecondary education in Ontario developed in the 1960s has been largely successful in fulfilling important societal needs in the areas of education, human resource development, and research. Existing approaches, however, are unlikely to be sufficient to address the challenges of the coming decade. Academic Transformation: The Forces Reshaping Higher Education in Ontario examines the developments that are re-shaping the province's post-secondary system, including higher enrollment, further development of a knowledge-based economy, increased demands for research focused on competitiveness and productivity, and Ontario's transition to a multicultural, internationally connected, urban, and aged society. Universities and colleges are also adjusting to internal changes in the composition of the student body and staff, faculty work profiles, and funding arrangements. The authors consider possible changes in the system's structure, policy, and governance that may be helpful in dealing with the anticipated changes in societal needs, and expectations related to post-secondary education.

Author : Brian C. Castrucci,Georges Benjamin,Grace Guerrero Ramirez,Grace Castillo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Medical policy
ISBN : 0875533191

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Public Health Under Siege by Brian C. Castrucci,Georges Benjamin,Grace Guerrero Ramirez,Grace Castillo Pdf

"For those who seek to improve health through policy change, this book is intended to be your companion. It is written by practitioners, elected officials, and other policymakers who have firsthand experience with the complex dynamics of policymaking through their professional careers. Its chapters share perspectives on the power of policy from the federal, state, and local levels; demonstrate several evidence-based policy packages developed by leading public health organizations; provide perspectives not only on legislative policy but on the roles of litigation and regulation; and reveal the existing threats to using policy to impact health. We hope that this book will inspire current and future public health practitioners and pMolicymakers to use policy to achieve optimal and equitable health for all"--

Author : Rachel Laforest
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781553393276

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Government-nonprofit Relations in Times of Recession by Rachel Laforest Pdf

Government-Nonprofit Relations in Times of Recession brings together contributions by international scholars to examine how the relationships between governments and nonprofit organizations have shifted as a result of the global recession. Each chapter provides a detailed analysis of the impact of the recession on government operations and on the nonprofit sector. It is essential reading for academics and practitioners interested in the current policy agendas with regard to the nonprofit sector. This book is the sixth volume to emerge from the Public Policy and Third Sector Initiative in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University, and is based on the Tenth Annual National Forum of the Initiative, which brought together public servants, experts, and practitioners to discuss the evolution of government-nonprofit relations. Contributors include Nicholas Acheson (University of Ulster), John Butcher (Australian National University), John Casey (City University of New York), Gemma Donnelly-Cox (Trinity College), John A. Healy (Atlantic Philanthropies), Rachel Laforest (Queen's University), Barbara Levine (Carleton University), Carmen Parra (University Abat Oliba Ceu), Colin Rochester (University of London), Björn Schmitz (University of Heidelberg), Steven Rathgeb Smith (American University, The University of Washington), Marilyn Taylor (University of London), Evren Tok (Hamad Bin Kkalifa University), and Meta Zimmeck (Roehamptom University).

Author : John D. Donahue,Richard J. Zeckhauser
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691156309

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Collaborative Governance by John D. Donahue,Richard J. Zeckhauser Pdf

How government can forge dynamic public-private partnerships All too often government lacks the skill, the will, and the wallet to meet its missions. Schools fall short of the mark while roads and bridges fall into disrepair. Health care costs too much and delivers too little. Budgets bleed red ink as the cost of services citizens want outstrips the taxes they are willing to pay. Collaborative Governance is the first book to offer solutions by demonstrating how government at every level can engage the private sector to overcome seemingly insurmountable problems and achieve public goals more effectively. John Donahue and Richard Zeckhauser show how the public sector can harness private expertise to bolster productivity, capture information, and augment resources. The authors explain how private engagement in public missions—rightly structured and skillfully managed—is not so much an alternative to government as the way smart government ought to operate. The key is to carefully and strategically grant discretion to private entities, whether for-profit or nonprofit, in ways that simultaneously motivate and empower them to create public value. Drawing on a host of real-world examples-including charter schools, job training, and the resurrection of New York's Central Park—they show how, when, and why collaboration works, and also under what circumstances it doesn't. Collaborative Governance reveals how the collaborative approach can be used to tap the resourcefulness and entrepreneurship of the private sector, and improvise fresh, flexible solutions to today's most pressing public challenges.

Author : Carsten Greve,Graeme Hodge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136264566

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Rethinking Public-Private Partnerships by Carsten Greve,Graeme Hodge Pdf

The global financial crisis hit the world in a remarkable way in late 2008. Many governments and private sector organizations, who had considered Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to be their future, were forced to rethink their strategy in the wake of the crisis, as a lot of the available private funding upon which PPPs relied, was suddenly no longer available to the same extent. At the same time, governments and international organizations, like the European Union, were striving to make closer partnerships between the public sector and the private sector economy a hallmark for future policy initiatives. This book examines PPPs in the context of turbulent times following the global financial crisis (GFC). PPPs can come in many forms, and the book sets out to distinguish between the many alternative views of partnerships; a project, a policy, a symbol of the role of the private sector in a mixed economy, or a governance tool - all within a particular cultural and historical context. This book is about rethinking PPPs in the wake of the financial crisis and aims to give a clearer picture of the kind of conceptual frameworks that researchers might employ to now study PPPs. The crisis took much of the glamour out of PPPs, but theoretical advances have been made by researchers in a number of areas and this book examines selected new research approaches to the study of PPPs.

Author : Jocelyne Bourgon
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781553393139

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A New Synthesis of Public Administration by Jocelyne Bourgon Pdf

A study of how public service has changed in this new era of interconnectedness

Author : Ross Finnie
Publisher : Queen's Policy Studies Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : 1553392779

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Pursuing Higher Education in Canada by Ross Finnie Pdf

A helpful study of pertinent issues relating to university education.

Author : Clarke, John
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447350972

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Critical dialogues by Clarke, John Pdf

In this engaging and original book, John Clarke is in conversation with twelve leading scholars about the dynamics of thinking critically in the social sciences. The conversations range across many fields and explore the problems and possibilities of doing critical intellectual work in ways that are responsive to changing conditions. By emphasizing the many voices in play, in conversation with, as well as against, others, Clarke challenges the individualising myth of the heroic intellectual. He underlines the value of thinking critically, collaboratively and dialogically. The book also provides access to a sound archive of the original conversations.