Table of Figures Table of Tables Acknowledgements Part I – Introduction Chapter 1. – Introduction 1. General Approach 2. Contents: Introduction: Policy Development as Decision-Making Process 3. Historical Overview: The Ir/Rationality of Policy Development 4. Problems with Existing Models: False Dichotomies and Corrective Syntheses 5. Elements of a Policy Style 6. Conclusion: Policy Development as Policy Style Part II - The Policy Process in Canada Chapter 2. - Agenda-Setting - Predictable and Unpredictable Policy Windows: Institutional and Exogenous Correlates of Canadian Federal Agenda-Setting 1. Policy Windows and Policy Theory 2. Analytical Components of the Policy Streams Model 3. Policy Windows in Canada: Empirical Evidence 4. Conclusion 5. Appendix 1: Data Sources 6. Appendix 2: Caseplots of Issues 7. Appendix 3: Caseplots of Institutional Events 8. Appendix 4: Caseplots of Objective Correlates Chapter 3. - Policy Formulation: Do Networks Matter? Linking Policy Network Structure to Policy Outcomes: Evidence from Four Canadian Policy Sectors 1990-2000 1. Introduction: Metaphors and Models in Policy Network Analysis 2. The Link between Subsystem Structure and Policy Change in Policy Network Analysis 3. Testing the Impact of Subsystem Structure on Policy Outcomes: The Elements of an Operational Model of Policy 4. Operationalizing Policy Subsystems 5. Linking Subsystem Configurations to Policy Change 6. Testing the Model: Empirical Evidence from Four Canadian Cases 1990-2000 7. Conclusion 8. Appendix: Data Sources and Summaries Chapter 4. - Decision-Making - Analyzing Multi-Actor, Multi-Round Public Policy Decision-Making Processes in Government: Findings from Five Canadian Cases 1. Introduction 2. The Concept of a Public Policy Decision-Making Style 3. Method and Case Selection 4. Analysis a. Evaluating Hypothesis 1 b. Evaluating Hypothesis 2 c. Evaluating Hypothesis 3 5. Conclusion: Findings and Future Research Directions 6. Appendix A 7. Appendix B - Description of Key Legislative Changes By Issue Area 8. Appendix C - Governmental and Non-governmental Actor Activity by Issue and Year 9. Appendix D - Types of Actor Activity by Rounds Chapter 5. - Policy Implementation: Managing the "Hollow State": Procedural Policy Instruments and Modern Governance 1. Studying Policy Instruments 2. Analysing Procedural Policy Instruments 3. The Rationale for Procedural Instrument Choice 4. Conclusion: Policy Instruments for Modern Governance Chapter 6. - Policy Evaluation – Policy Advice in Multi-Level Governance Systems: Sub-National Policy Analysts and Analysis 1. Introduction: The Supply and Demand for Policy Analysis in Government' 2. The Sub-National Case: Provincial Policy Analysts in Canada 3. Methods 4. The Profile of Provincial Policy Analysts 5. Conclusion Part III – Conclusion Chapter 7. - Conclusion - Policy Analytical Capacity and Evidence-based Policy-making: Lessons from Canada 1. Evidence-based Policy-making as an Effort to Avoid Policy Failures and Enhance the Potential for Policy Success Through Policy Learning 2. Types of Policy Failures and the Role Played by Evidence Therein 3. Defining Policy Analytical Capacity 4. Assessing Policy Analytical Capacity in Practice 5. Policy Analytical Capacity in Canada 6. Conclusion Endnotes References

“Canadian Public Policy is an outstanding compendium by Michael Howlett, one of the pre-eminent scholars in his field. This book functions simultaneously as an accessible introduction to public policy in Canada and an analytically ground-breaking work for advanced scholars around the world –  indeed, the issues that Howlett develops are of relevance not only to Canada, but to the discipline of public policy and political science as a whole. Tackling each issue with precision, scholarly insight, and an eye for pushing disciplinary boundaries, this should be the book that libraries purchase on Canadian public policy.”

"Canadian Public Policy is an outstanding compendium by Michael Howlett, one of the pre-eminent scholars in his field. This book functions simultaneously as an accessible introduction to public policy in Canada and an analytically ground-breaking work for advanced scholars around the world - indeed, the issues that Howlett develops are of relevance not only to Canada, but to the discipline of public policy and political science as a whole. Tackling each issue with precision, scholarly insight, and an eye for pushing disciplinary boundaries, this should be the book that libraries purchase on Canadian public policy." -- Allan McConnell, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney