Public Policy in Canada
An Introduction
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2008
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780195417166
- Publish Date
- May 2003
- List Price
- $48.50
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- ISBN
- 9780195426823
- Publish Date
- Jan 2008
- List Price
- $74.95
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- ISBN
- 9780199025541
- Publish Date
- Oct 2017
- List Price
- $109.99
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- ISBN
- 9780199038145
- Publish Date
- Sep 2021
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- $89.99
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Description
A core text for courses in public policy, Public Policy in Canada provides a unique, hands-on approach to the subject. In Part I, Understanding Public Policy, author Lydia Miljan introduces the key concepts, important theories, and extenuating context surrounding public policy. This sectionalso explores how politics are implemented. Part II, Policy Fields, offers extensive and thought-provoking discussion of six significant issue-areas in current Canadian policy-making: macroeconomic policy, social policy, health policy, family policy, Aboriginal policy, and environmental policy. Inthe new edition, further discussion of what governments in Canada do, why, and what the consequences are for the political, social, and economic fabric are also included.
About the author
Lydia Miljan is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Windsor.
