05135nam 2200745 450 991045595960332120200520144314.01-282-05610-797866120561091-4426-8206-X10.3138/9781442682061(CKB)2420000000004476(EBL)3251345(OCoLC)923064159(SSID)ssj0000306398(PQKBManifestationID)11256884(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306398(PQKBWorkID)10297613(PQKB)11604881(CaPaEBR)417328(CaBNvSL)thg00600764(MiAaPQ)EBC3251345(MiAaPQ)EBC4672131(DE-B1597)465015(OCoLC)944177255(DE-B1597)9781442682061(Au-PeEL)EBL4672131(CaPaEBR)ebr11257812(OCoLC)958514226(EXLCZ)99242000000000447620160922h19831983 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe politics of Canadian public policy /edited by Michael M. Atkinson and Marsha A. ChandlerToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1983.©19831 online resource (295 p.)Studies in Canadian public policyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8020-6517-1 Includes bibliographical references.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Strategies for Policy Analysis -- 2. A Comparative Study of Language Policy in Quebec: A Political Economy Approach -- 3. The Politics of Provincial Resource Policy -- 4. Determinants of Legal Aid in Canada: Actors, Policies, Programs, and Futures -- 5.Technological Innovation and Industrial Policy: Canada in an International Context -- 6. Institutions, Constitutions, and Public Policies: A Public-Choice Overview -- 7. The Management of a Common Property Resource: Fisheries Policy in Atlantic Canada -- 8. The Political Economy of Policy Instruments: Tax Expenditures and Subsidies in Canada -- 9. Crown Corporations in Canada: The Choice of Instrument -- 10.The Development of Health Policy in Canada -- 11.The Policy Consequences of Northern Development -- 12. Will Program Evaluation Be Used in Formulating Policy? -- Note on Contributors Research on public policy in Canada has focuses on four fundamental problems: the question of what determines variations in patterns of public policy; the importance of the policy field itself for understanding state activity; the choice and consequences of alternative means to a policy goal; and the question of what happens after a decision is taken and acted upon. Each of the essays commissioned for this book addresses one or more of these themes of policy determinants, policy type, policy, instruments, and impact. Together they support the editors? contention that there are several routes to an understanding of the policy process in Canada and, indeed, several policy processed. In addition to covering diverse policy fields, this volume affords the reader an opportunity to sample a number of approaches to the study of public policy, including new work on the political economy of Canada and in the research area known as public choice. Research on public policy in Canada has focuses on four fundamental problems: the question of what determines variations in patterns of public policy; the importance of the policy field itself for understanding state activity; the choice and consequences of alternative means to a policy goal; and the question of what happens after a decision is taken and acted upon. Each of the essays commissioned for this book addresses one or more of these themes of policy determinants, policy type, policy, instruments, and impact. Together they support the editors? contention that there are several routes to an understanding of the policy process in Canada and, indeed, several policy processed. In addition to covering diverse policy fields, this volume affords the reader an opportunity to sample a number of approaches to the study of public policy, including new work on the political economy of Canada and in the research area known as public choice.Studies in Canadian public policyPolicy sciencesPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / GeneralbisacshCanadaPolitics and governmentCanadaEconomic policyCanadaSocial policyElectronic books.Policy sciences.POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.361.6/1/0971Chandler Marsha A.1945-Atkinson Michael M.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455959603321The politics of Canadian public policy2490080UNINA