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Book SynopsisPolicy 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.
Table of ContentsTable of Figures Table of Tables Part 1 - Introduction Chapter 1. - The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Canada: An Introduction and Overview - Howlett, Wellstead, & Craft Chapter 2. - Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy Revisited: The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Contemporary Government. - Michael Howlett and Adam Wellstead Part 2 -Policy Work in Canadian Government Chapter 3. - Policy Capacity and Incapacity in Canada's Federal Government - Wellstead, Adam, Stedman, R and Lindquist, E. Chapter 4. - Policy Analysis and Policy work at the Provincial and Territorial Level: Demographics and Description - Michael Howlett and Joshua Newman Chapter 5. - The Policy Analytical Capacity of the Government of Quebec: Results from a Survey of Officials - Luc Bernier and Michael Howlett Chapter 6. - Differences in Federal and Provincial Policy Analysis - Michael Howlett and Adam Wellstead Chapter 7. - Intergovernmental Policy Capacities and Practices in Canada - Patricia L. O'Reilly, Gregory J. Inwood, and Carolyn M. Johns Chapter 8. - Public Managers and Policy Analytical Capacity in Canada - Howlett, Michael Chapter 9. - Policy Work and the Political Arm of Government: The Role of Ministerial Staffers - Jonathan Craft Part 3 -Policy Work Outside Government Chapter 10. - The Role of Policy Consultants: "Consultocracy" or Business as Usual - Michael Howlett and Andrea Migone Chapter 11. - Inside the black box of academic researchers/policy analysts' interactions - Ouimet, M., Bedard. P-O, Leon G Chapter 12. - Government Science and Policy Advice: Evidence-based policy making at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and its implications for the practice of policy analysis - Nicole Klenk Chapter 13. - Mandates, Political Parties and Policy Capacity - Flynn, Greg. Chapter 14. - Policy Dialogue and Engagement Between Non-Government Organizations and Government: A Survey of Processes and Instruments of Canadian Policy Workers - Bryan Evans and Adam Wellstead Part 3 - Improving Canadian Policy Work Chapter 15. - Targeted Supply-Side Policy Capacity Dynamics: High Calibre Policy Worker Recruitment in Canada - Jonathan Craft and Siobhan Harty Chapter 16. - (Re)Scaling policy capacity between government and the voluntary sector in Canada - Karine Levasseur Chapter 17. - Towards Policy Analysis 2.0: Platforms for Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration Amongst Policy Analysts - Justin Longo Part 4 - Conclusion Chapter 18. - Policy Work System Dynamics: Implications for Practice, Pedagogy and Scholarship - Adam Wellstead, Jonathan Craft & Michael Howlett References List of Contributors Endnotes
