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Book SynopsisIn search of answers, Commissions of Inquiry and Policy Change analyses ten landmark inquiries ranging across a variety of political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, and legal issues.
Table of ContentsForeword Preface List of Tables, Figures, and Chapter Appendices Chapter 1: Why Study Commission of Inquiry - Gregory J. Inwood (Ryerson University, Politics and Public Administration) and Carolyn M. Johns (Ryerson University, Politics and Public Administration) Chapter 2: Theories of Policy Change and a Four Part Theoretical Framework for Comparative Analysis - Gregory J. Inwood and Carolyn M. Johns Chapter 3. Structuring Canada's National Policy Debate: The Royal Commission of Canada's Economic Prospects - Neil Bradford (Huron College, University of Western Ontario, Political Science) Chapter 4: Politics and Promise: A Feminist-Institutionalist Analysis of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women - Joan Grace (University of Winnipeg, Politics) Chapter 5: The Lasting Impact of the Inquiry into the Construction of a Pipeline in the Mackenzie Valley - Frances Abele (Carleton University, Public Policy and Administration) Chapter 6: Of Leaps of Faith and Policy Change: The Macdonald Royal Commission - Gregory J. Inwood Chapter 7: The Framing of Scientific Governance in Canada: Policy Change and the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies - Francesca Scala (Concordia University, Political Science) Chapter 8: The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: An Exercise in Policy Education - Peter H. Russell (University of Toronto, Political Science) Chapter 9: Manufacturing Civil Society?: How the Krever Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada Shaped Collective Action and Policy Change - Michael Orsini (University of Ottawa, Political Science) Chapter 10: The Romanow Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada: Laying the Groundwork or a Missed Opportunity for Policy Change? - Patricia L. O'Reilly (Ryerson University, Politics and Public Administration) Chapter 11: The Walkerton Inquiry and Policy Change - Carolyn M. Johns Chapter 12: The Goudge Inquiry: Anatomy of Success for an Inquiry to Change Policy? - Lorne Sossin (Osgoode Hall Law School, Dean and Professor) Chapter 13: Commissions of Inquiry and Policy Change: A Comparative Analysis - Gregory J. Inwood and Carolyn M. Johns Bibliography Contributors
