04328nam 2200625 450 991079723840332120221104174721.00-7735-4530-10-7735-8387-40-7735-8382-3(CKB)3710000000430901(EBL)3433733(SSID)ssj0001540963(PQKBManifestationID)11862887(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001540963(PQKBWorkID)11534285(PQKB)11434550(CEL)449594(OCoLC)914189070(CaBNVSL)kck00235736(MiAaPQ)EBC3433733(Au-PeEL)EBL3433733(CaPaEBR)ebr11064710(OCoLC)932310803(MiAaPQ)EBC3332165(EXLCZ)99371000000043090120150624h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA subtle balance expertise, evidence, and democracy in public policy and governance, 1970-2010 /edited by Edward A. ParsonMontréal, Québec ;London, [England] ;Ithake, [Greece] :McGill-Queen's University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (342 p.)"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.0-7735-4529-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.A critical review of major trends and enduring tensions in Canadian public policy and governance since 1970.Public administrationCanadaDecision makingHistory20th centuryPublic administrationCanadaDecision makingHistory21st centuryPublic administrationDecision makingHistoryPublic administrationDecision makingHistory363.34/6Parson Edward A.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797238403321A subtle balance3781295UNINA