Policy Analysis in Canada: The State of the Art Book

List of Tables     ix
List of Figures     xi
Policy Analysis in Canada: The State of the Art   Laurent Dobuzinkis   Michael Howlett   David Laycock     3
The Styles and Methods of Public Policy Analysis in Canada     19
The Policy Analysis Profession in Canada   Stephen Brooks     21
The Choice of Formal Policy Analysis Methods in Canada   Aidan R. Vining   Anthony E. Boardman     48
Beyond Formal Policy Analysis: Governance Context, Analytical Styles, and the Policy Analysis Movement in Canada   Michael Howlett   Evert Lindquist     86
Policy Analysis and Bureaucratic Capacity: Context, Competences, and Strategies   Evert Lindquist   James Desveaux     116
Public Policy Analysis in Canada: Historical and Comparative Context     143
The Policy Analysis Movement   Michael Mintrom     145
Soft Craft, Hard Choices, Altered Context: Reflections on Twenty-Five Years of Policy Advice in Canada   Michael J. Prince     163
In Between Trends: Developments of Public Policy Analysis and Policy Analysis Instruction in Canada, the United States, and the European Union   Iris Geva-May   Allan M. Maslove     186
Policy Analysis by Governments     217
Policy Analysis in the Federal Government: Building the Forward-Looking Policy Research Capacity   Jean-Pierre Voyer     219
Policy Analysis in Provincial Governments in Canada: From PPBS to Network Management   Doug McArthur     238
Immature Policy Analysis: Building Capacity in Eight Major Canadian Cities   Kennedy Stewart   Patrick J. Smith     265
Committees, Public Inquiries, Research Institutes, Consultants, and Public Opinion     289
The Public of Public Inquiries   Liora Salter     291
Back to the Future? Is There a Case for Re-establishing the Economic Council and/or the Science Council?   Laurent Dobuzinskis     315
Committees inside Canadian Legislatures   Josie Schofield   Jonathan Fershau     351
How Policy Makers View Public Opinion   Francois Petry     375
The Invisible Private Service: Consultants and Public Policy in Canada   Kimberly Speers     399
Parties and Interest Group-Based Policy Analysis     423
Policy Study and Development in Canada's Political Parties   William Cross     425
Business Associations and Policy Analysis in Canada   Andrew Stritch     443
Policy Analysis by the Labour Movement in a Hostile Environment   Andrew Jackson    Bob Baldwin     473
Policy Analysis and the Voluntary Sector: Evolving Policy Styles   Susan D. Phillips     497
Academic and Advocacy-Based Policy Analysis     523
The Media   Catherine Murray     525
Any Ideas? Think Tanks and Policy Analysis in Canada   Donald E. Abelson     551
Academics and Public Policy: Informing Policy Analysis and Policy Making   Daniel Cohn     574
Contributors     599