Abstract. Some observers have suggested the success of policy planning and research units depends upon the receptivity of the political system to rationality. Others have put forward personality traits such as ‘flair’ and ‘diplomatic style’ as the major determinants of policy unit effectiveness. Neither of these would seem to provide an adequate explanation for the Canadian experience. This paper concentrates on the profile which a policy unit might assume in any given organization. A two‐dimensional model is presented based on the degree of initiative and the degree of visibility of policy units. Against the background of the model, the experience of these units in the Canadian federal bureaucracy suggests that while most start as highly v...
It is widely recognized that the formulation and implementation of policy is a ‘political’ process. ...
Federal systems empower multiple policy actors from different levels of governments. For some schola...
This paper contributes to the understanding of analytical practices and tools employed by policy ana...
Governments, world-wide, are preoccupied with avoiding policy failure. A high level of policy capaci...
Abstract Governments face many challenges in maintaining effective policymaking capacity as their go...
Thirty-five years ago Arnold Meltsner observed that professional policy analysts in the U.S. governm...
Most of the rhetoric about the relationship between policy formation and research is rooted in the f...
This article complements the work of Howlett et al. on the capacity of Canadian governments for publ...
The literature on policy capacity in Canada suggests some governments have experienced an increase i...
A significant factor affecting policy failures and their management issues pertains to governmental ...
Despite all the attention paid to the topic of policy analysis as a conceptual endeavour, empiricall...
This study explores Prince Edward Island (PEI) provincial public servants’ perceptions of policy cap...
There have been calls for more diffused policy advisory systems where a plurality of actors, particu...
The findings of this thesis are somewhat at variance with the literature on Canadian public policy. ...
For several decades, the Canadian federal government has been the subject of many administrative ref...
It is widely recognized that the formulation and implementation of policy is a ‘political’ process. ...
Federal systems empower multiple policy actors from different levels of governments. For some schola...
This paper contributes to the understanding of analytical practices and tools employed by policy ana...
Governments, world-wide, are preoccupied with avoiding policy failure. A high level of policy capaci...
Abstract Governments face many challenges in maintaining effective policymaking capacity as their go...
Thirty-five years ago Arnold Meltsner observed that professional policy analysts in the U.S. governm...
Most of the rhetoric about the relationship between policy formation and research is rooted in the f...
This article complements the work of Howlett et al. on the capacity of Canadian governments for publ...
The literature on policy capacity in Canada suggests some governments have experienced an increase i...
A significant factor affecting policy failures and their management issues pertains to governmental ...
Despite all the attention paid to the topic of policy analysis as a conceptual endeavour, empiricall...
This study explores Prince Edward Island (PEI) provincial public servants’ perceptions of policy cap...
There have been calls for more diffused policy advisory systems where a plurality of actors, particu...
The findings of this thesis are somewhat at variance with the literature on Canadian public policy. ...
For several decades, the Canadian federal government has been the subject of many administrative ref...
It is widely recognized that the formulation and implementation of policy is a ‘political’ process. ...
Federal systems empower multiple policy actors from different levels of governments. For some schola...
This paper contributes to the understanding of analytical practices and tools employed by policy ana...