A Subtle Balance
Expertise, Evidence, and Democracy in Public Policy and Governance, 1970-2010
1st Edition
Published on 15. June 2015
342 pages
978-0-7735-8382-5 (ISBN)
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A critical review of major trends and enduring tensions in Canadian public policy and governance since 1970.
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Edward A. Parson
A Subtle Balance
Expertise, Evidence, and Democracy in Public Policy and Governance, 1970-2010
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06/2015
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Edward A. Parson
A Subtle Balance
Expertise, Evidence, and Democracy in Public Policy and Governance, 1970-2010
Book
06/2015
McGill-Queen's University Press
€37.50
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Parson Edward A.:
Edward A. Parson is Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law at the University of California, Los Angeles.Edward A. Parson is Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Edward A. Parson is Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law at the University of California, Los Angeles.Edward A. Parson is Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 A Subtle Balance: Editor's Introduction
- 2 Public Policy Analysis in Canada: A Forty-Year Overview
- 3 Affairs of the Smart: Will Researchers and Decision-Makers "Hook Up"?
- 4 Expertise and Evidence in Public Policy: In Defence of (a Little) Technocracy
- 5 Program Evaluation and Aboriginal Affairs: A History and a Thought Experiment
- 6 The Canada Pension Plan and Policy Reform: Shifting Spaces for Democratic Deliberation
- 7 Tales of Quantitative Analysis and Public Policy
- 8 Environmental Issues: Fifty Years of Change and Current Challenges
- 9 Climate Engineering: New Challenges for Scientific Assessment and Global Governance
- 10 Seeing Like a Sound? Resource Management and Property Rights in Clayoquot Sound
- 11 Profits v. Purpose: Hybrid Companies and the Charitable Dollar
- 12 The Future of Computer-Supported Policy Analysis: Collaboration, Openness, Collective Intelligence, and Competition
- 13 It's Not My Problem: Personal Moral Responsibility for Policy Advice
- 14 What is an Honest Policy Analyst to Do?
- 15 Speaking Elusive Truth to Shifting Power: Reflections on Evolving Styles, Changing Views, and New Problems
- 16 A Subtle Balance: Reflection and Synthesis
- References
- Contributors
- Index
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