Policy Work In Canada

Author : Michael Howlett,Adam Wellstead,Jonathan Craft
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442647374

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Policy Work in Canada by Michael Howlett,Adam Wellstead,Jonathan Craft Pdf

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

Author : Jonathan Craft
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442626355

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Backrooms and Beyond by Jonathan Craft Pdf

Backrooms and Beyond draws on interviews with ministers, senior public servants, and political advisers to offer the first detailed Canadian treatment of how that influence is gained and exercised in the policy making process.

Author : Michael Howlett,Adam Wellstead,Jonathan Craft
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442668041

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Policy Work in Canada by Michael Howlett,Adam Wellstead,Jonathan Craft Pdf

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

Author : Michael Howlett,Adam Matthew Wellstead,Jonathan Craft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1442668032

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Policy Work in Canada by Michael Howlett,Adam Matthew Wellstead,Jonathan Craft Pdf

"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."--

Author : Michael Howlett,A. M. Wellstead,Jonathan Craft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Canada
ISBN : OCLC:1140399414

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Policy Work in Canada by Michael Howlett,A. M. Wellstead,Jonathan Craft Pdf

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. 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.

Author : Anne Westhues,Brian Wharf
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 699 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781554584109

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Canadian Social Policy, Fifth Edition by Anne Westhues,Brian Wharf Pdf

Social policy shapes the daily lives of every Canadian citizen and should reflect the beliefs of a majority of Canadians on just approaches to the promotion of health, safety, and well-being. Too often, those on the front lines—social workers, nurses, and teachers—observe that policies do not work well for the most vulnerable groups in society. In the first part of this new edition of Canadian Social Policy, Westhues and Wharf argue that service deliverers have discretion in how policies are implemented, and the exercise of this discretion is how citizens experience policy—whether or not it is fair and reasonable. They show the reader how social policy is made and they encourage active citizenship to produce policies that are more socially just. New material includes an examination of the reproduction of systemic racism through the implementation of human rights policy and a comparative analysis of the policy-making process in Quebec and English Canada. The second part of the book discusses policy issues currently under debate in Canada. Included are new chapters that explore parental leave policies and housing as a determinant of health. All chapters contain newly updated statistical data and research and policy analysis. A reworked section on the process of policy-making and the addition of questions for critical reflection enhance the suitability of the book as a core resource in social policy courses. The final chapter explores how front-line workers in the human services can advocate for change in organizational policies that will benefit the people supported.

Author : Gregory J. Inwood,Carolyn Johns,Patricia O'Reilly
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773587359

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Intergovernmental Policy Capacity in Canada by Gregory J. Inwood,Carolyn Johns,Patricia O'Reilly Pdf

Gregory Inwood, Carolyn Johns, and Patricia O'Reilly offer unique insights into intergovernmental policy capacity, revealing what key decision-makers and policy advisors behind the scenes think the barriers are to improved intergovernmental policy capacity and what changes they recommend. Senior public servants from all jurisdictions in Canada discuss the ideas, institutions, actors, and relations that assist or impede intergovernmental policy capacity. Covering good and bad economic times and comparing insiders' concerns and recommendations with those of scholars of federalism, public policy, and public administration, they provide a comparative analysis of major policy areas across fourteen governments. Intergovernmental policy capacity, while of increasing importance, is not well understood. By examining how the Canadian federation copes with today's policy challenges, the authors provide guideposts for federations and governments around the world working on the major policy issues of our day.

Author : Laurent Dobuzinskis,Michael Howlett,David Laycock
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442690776

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Policy Analysis in Canada by Laurent Dobuzinskis,Michael Howlett,David Laycock Pdf

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.

Author : Mark Sproule-Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0802028551

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Governments at Work by Mark Sproule-Jones Pdf

In this analysis of how government works, Sproule-Jones examines the underlying arrangements or rules that operate between levels of government and the execution of policies. In the context of rule configurations, he then explores three public policies as they converge in one location: commercial

Author : Jonathan Craft
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442617643

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Backrooms and Beyond by Jonathan Craft Pdf

Though they serve in many roles and under many titles, no one doubts that political staffs now wield substantial influence in the making of government policy. Backrooms and Beyond draws on interviews with ministers, senior public servants, and political advisers to offer the first detailed Canadian treatment of how that influence is gained and exercised in the policy making process. A comparative analysis of case studies from three Canadian jurisdictions, including the federal Prime Minister’s Office, two premier’s offices, and ministers’ offices, the book presents a detailed account of partisan advisers’ involvement in policy work and a new theoretical framework for understanding this work and its impact. As Jonathan Craft shows, partisan advisers often engage in policy work with public servants, outside stakeholders, and often in types of policy work that public servants cannot. Backrooms and Beyond is a rich and rigorous look at an important aspect of contemporary Canadian politics, essential reading for scholars and practitioners, journalists, students of the Westminster system from around the world, and those wanting to understand just how policy is made today.

Author : Ted Jackson,Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Canada
ISBN : CORNELL:31924060546474

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Democracy for Jobs by Ted Jackson,Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Pdf

Author : Andrew Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Labor
ISBN : 1551304376

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Work and Labour in Canada by Andrew Jackson Pdf

Author : Yiagadeesen Samy,Howard Duncan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030467548

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International Affairs and Canadian Migration Policy by Yiagadeesen Samy,Howard Duncan Pdf

This volume examines Canada’s migration policy as part of its foreign policy. It is well known that Canada is a nation of immigrants. However, immigration policy has largely been regarded as domestic, rather than, foreign policy, with most scholarly and policy work focused on what happens after immigrants have arrived in this country. As a result, the effects of immigration to Canada on foreign affairs have been largely neglected despite the international character of immigration. The contributors to this volume underline the extent to which Canada’s relationships with individual countries and with the international community is closely affected by its immigration policies and practices and draw attention to some of these areas in the hope that it will encourage more scholarly and policy activity directed to the impact of immigration on foreign affairs. Written by both academics and policy-makers, the book analyzes some of the latest thinking and initiatives related to linkages between migration and foreign policy.

Author : Lars Osberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Labor policy
ISBN : OCLC:1400779774

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The Future of Work in Canada: Selected Policy Options by Lars Osberg Pdf

Author : James J. Rice,Michael J. Prince
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442612174

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Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy by James J. Rice,Michael J. Prince Pdf

Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy is a one-of-a-kind resource in the fields of political science and social work.