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  • Backrooms and Beyond

    Partisan Advisers and the Politics of Policy Work in Canada

    Series series IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
    Though they serve in many roles and under many titles, no one doubts that political staffs now wield substantial influence in the making of government policy. Backrooms and Beyond draws on interviews with ministers, senior public servants, and political advisers to offer the first detailed Canadian treatment of how that influence is gained and exercised in the policy making process.A comparative ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Policy Advisory Systems

    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This handbook comprehensively reflects, presents and summarises both first and second wave scholarship into policy advisory systems (PAS). Bringing together leading scholars to engage persistent as well as emergent themes, the handbook provides a single volume highlighting both classic and new directions for PAS research, summarising both existing knowledge and outlining possible future findings ... Read more

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  • Advising Governments in the Westminster Tradition

    Policy Advisory Systems in Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand

    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
    In turbulent environments and unstable political contexts, policy advisory systems have become more volatile. The policy advisory system in Anglophone countries is composed of different types of advisers who have input into government decision making. Government choices about who advises them varies widely as they demand contestability, greater partisan input and more external consultation. The ... Read more

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  • Policy Work in Canada

    Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities

    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.The contributors to this volume empirically examine ... Read more

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  • Policy Analysis in Canada

    Series Book 13 - International Library of Policy Analysis
    Policy analysis in Canada brings together original contributions from many of the field’s leading scholars. Contributors chronicle the evolution of policy analysis in Canada over the past 50 years and reflect on its application in both governmental and non-governmental settings.As part of the International Library of Policy Analysis series, the book enables cross-national comparison of public ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

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  • The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration

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    The original Handbook of Public Administration was a landmark publication, the first to provide a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the discipline. The eagerly-awaited new edition of this seminal international handbook continues to provide a complete review and guide to past and present knowledge in this essential field of inquiry.Assembling an outstanding team of scholars from around the ... Read more

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