Policy work in Canada : professional practices and analytical capacities / edited by Michael Howlett, Adam Wellstead, and Jonathan Craft.

Includes bibliographical references.

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

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Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part 1: Introduction; 1 The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Canada: An Introduction and Overview; 2 Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy Revisited: The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Contemporary Government; Part 2: Policy Work in Canadian Government; 3 Policy Capacity and Incapacity in Canada's Federal Government; 4 Policy Analysis and Policy Work at the Provincial and Territorial Level: Demographics and Description; 5 The Policy Analytical Capacity of the Government of Quebec: Results from a Survey of Officials.

6 Differences in Federal and Provincial Policy Analysis7 Intergovernmental Policy Capacities and Practices in Canada; 8 Public Managers and Policy Analytical Capacity in Canada; 9 Policy Work and the Political Arm of Government; Part 3: Policy Work outside Government; 10 The Role of Policy Consultants: "Consultocracy" or Business as€Usual; 11 Inside the Black Box of Academic Researchers-Policy Analysts Interactions; 12 Government Science and Policy Advice: Evidence-based Policymaking at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Its Implications for the Practice of Policy Analysis.

13 Mandates, Political Parties, and Policy Capacity14 Policy Dialogue and Engagement between Non-Government Organizations and Government: A Survey of Processes and Instruments of Canadian Policy Workers; Part 4: Improving Canadian Policy Work; 15 Targeted Supply-Side Policy Capacity Dynamics: High-Calibre Policy Worker Recruitment in Canada; 16 (Re)Scaling Policy Capacity between Government and the Voluntary Sector in Canada; 17 Towards Policy Analysis 2.0: Platforms for Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration among Policy Analysts; Part 5: Conclusion.

18 Policy Work System Dynamics: Implications for Practice, Pedagogy, and ScholarshipReferences; Permission Credits; Contributors.

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