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Political Science Canadian

Canadian Public Policy

Selected Studies in Process and Style

by (author) Michael Howlett

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2013
Category
Canadian, General, General

  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442644069
    Publish Date
    Jul 2013
    List Price
    $88.00

  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442612419
    Publish Date
    Jul 2013
    List Price
    $47.95

  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442699144
    Publish Date
    Apr 2012
    List Price
    $37.95

  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442699137
    Publish Date
    Oct 2013
    List Price
    $70.00

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Description

Studies of public policy in Canada are traditionally narrow, focusing on a particular policy area or jurisdiction without giving consideration to the significant procedural commonalities that can be identified across the public policy spectrum. Canadian Public Policy provides the first comprehensive, theoretically informed, empirical evaluation of the development of public policy in Canada. It represents the culmination of a fifteen-year program of large-scale primary research into Canadian policy-making by Michael Howlett, an internationally recognized public policy expert.

Each of the chapters investigates one stage of the policy process – including agenda setting, policy formulation, decision-making, policy implementation, and policy evaluation – in the Canadian context. The volume is book-ended by an introductory section setting out the logic of the policy cycle model, and a conclusion summarizing the research program and results. Investigating how Canadian experiences can inform and contribute to existing policy models, this unique volume will be a fixture in the Canadian public policy literature for years to come.

About the author

Laurent Dobuzinskis, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University has two different research and teaching interests: the history of political and economic thought, political economy (rational choice), and the philosophy of the social sciences; and public policy analysis. Michael Howlett is Burnaby Mountain Chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University, specializing in public policy analysis, political economy, and resource and environmental policy.

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