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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797238403321

Titolo

A subtle balance : expertise, evidence, and democracy in public policy and governance, 1970-2010 / / edited by Edward A. Parson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montréal, Québec ; ; London, [England] ; ; Ithake, [Greece] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7735-4530-1

0-7735-8387-4

0-7735-8382-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

363.34/6

Soggetti

Public administration - Canada - Decision making - History - 20th century

Public administration - Canada - Decision making - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This volume presents a review and critical assessment of major trends and themes in public policy and governance in Canada over the past four decades. It is a culmination of a three-year project, centred on a symposium held at the University of Victoria in the summer of 2011. The symposium convened an intensive dialogue on policy and governance among thirty distinguished participants of two types: academics who conduct research on public policy and governance, and sophisticated practitioners with long experience dealing with policy and governance from the perspective of practical engagement in real, high-stakes decisions."--Editor's introduction.

This volume is inspired by the wide-ranging contributions to scholarship and practice of A.R. (Rod) Dobell.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Subtle Balance: Editor's Introduction / Edward A. Parson -- Public Policy Analysis in Canada: A Forty-Year Overview / David Zussman -- Affairs of the Smart: Will Researchers and Decision-Makers “Hook Up”? / Charles Ungerleider -- Expertise and Evidence in Public Policy: In Defence of (a Little) Technocracy / Edward A. Parson -- Program Evaluation and Aboriginal Affairs: A History and a Thought Experiment



/ Ian D. Clark and Harry Sain -- The Canada Pension Plan and Policy Reform: Shifting Spaces for Democratic Deliberation / Michael J. Prince -- Tales of Quantitative Analysis and Public Policy / Michael Wolfson -- Environmental Issues: Challenges / Josee van Eijndhoven -- Fifty Years of Change and Current Climate Engineering: New Challenges for Scientific Assessment and Global Governance / Edward A. Parson and Lia N. Ernst -- Seeing Like a Sound? Resource Management and Property Rights in Clayoquot Sound / Martin Bunton -- Profits v. Purpose: Hybrid Companies and the Charitable Dollar / Rachel Culley and Jill R. Horwitz -- The Future of Computer-Supported Policy Analysis: Collaboration, Openness, Collective Intelligence, and Competition / Justin Longo -- It's Not My Problem: Personal Moral Responsibility for Policy Advice / John Langford -- What is an Honest Policy Analyst to Do? / Barry Carin -- Speaking Elusive Truth to Shifting Power: Reflections on Evolving Styles, Changing Views, and New Problems / A.R. Dobell -- A Subtle Balance: Reflection and Synthesis / Edward A. Parson.

Sommario/riassunto

A critical review of major trends and enduring tensions in Canadian public policy and governance since 1970.