Policy Work in Canada

Michael Howlett is Burnaby Mountain Chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University and Yong Pung How Chair Professor in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.Adam Wellstead is an associate professor of Environmental and Energy Policy at Michigan Technological UniversityJonathan Craft is a cross-appointed assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, and School of Public Policy and Governance, at the University of Toronto.

• Table of FiguresTable of TablesPart 1 – IntroductionChapter 1. - The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Canada: An Introduction and Overview – Howlett, Wellstead, & CraftChapter 2. - Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy Revisited: The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Contemporary Government. – Michael Howlett and Adam WellsteadPart 2 –Policy Work in Canadian GovernmentChapter 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 NewmanChapter 5. - The Policy Analytical Capacity of the Government of Quebec: Results from a Survey of Officials - Luc Bernier and Michael HowlettChapter 6. - Differences in Federal and Provincial Policy Analysis – Michael Howlett and Adam WellsteadChapter 7. - Intergovernmental Policy Capacities and Practices in Canada - Patricia L. O'Reilly, Gregory J. Inwood, and Carolyn M. JohnsChapter 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 CraftPart 3 –Policy Work Outside GovernmentChapter 10. - The Role of Policy Consultants: "Consultocracy" or Business as Usual - Michael Howlett and Andrea MigoneChapter 11. - Inside the black box of academic researchers/policy analysts’ interactions - Ouimet, M., Bedard. P-O, Leon GChapter 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 KlenkChapter 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 WellsteadPart 3 – Improving Canadian Policy WorkChapter 15. - Targeted Supply-Side Policy Capacity Dynamics: High Calibre Policy Worker Recruitment in Canada – Jonathan Craft and Siobhan HartyChapter 16. - (Re)Scaling policy capacity between government and the voluntary sector in Canada - Karine LevasseurChapter 17. - Towards Policy Analysis 2.0: Platforms for Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration Amongst Policy Analysts – Justin LongoPart 4 – ConclusionChapter 18. - Policy Work System Dynamics: Implications for Practice, Pedagogy and Scholarship - Adam Wellstead, Jonathan Craft & Michael HowlettReferencesList of ContributorsEndnotes