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Policy

From Ideas to Implementation, In Honour of Professor G. Bruce Doern

By: G. Bruce Doern

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Policy

From Ideas to Implementation, In Honour of Professor G. Bruce Doern

By: G. Bruce Doern

Essays in honour of one of Canada's finest scholars of public policy.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773537120

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9780773537125

Rules and Unruliness

Canadian Regulatory Democracy, Governance, Capitalism, and Welfarism

By: G. Bruce Doern,Michael J. Prince,Richard J. Schultz

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Rules and Unruliness

Canadian Regulatory Democracy, Governance, Capitalism, and Welfarism

By: G. Bruce Doern,Michael J. Prince,Richard J. Schultz

A critical examination of Canadian regulatory governance and politics over the past fifty years, Rules and Unruliness builds on the theory and practice of rule-making to show why government "unruliness" - the inability to form rules and implement structures for compliance - is endemic and increasing. Analyzing regulatory politics and governance in Canada from the beginning of Pierre Trudeau's era to Stephen Harper's government, the authors present a compelling argument that current regulation of the economy, business, and markets are no longer adequate to protect Canadians. They examine rules embedded in public spending programs and rules regarding political parties and parliamentary government. They also look at regulatory capitalism to elucidate how Canada and most other advanced economies can be characterized by co-governance and co-regulation between governments, corporations, and business interest groups. Bringing together literature on public policy, regulation, and democracy, Rules and Unruliness is the first major study to show how and why increasing unruliness affects not only the regulation of economic affairs, but also the social welfare state, law and order, parliamentary democracy, and the changing face of global capitalism.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773590412

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9780773590410

Risky Business

Canada's Changing Science-based Policy and Regulatory Regime

By: G. Bruce Doern,Edward James Reed

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Risky Business

Canada's Changing Science-based Policy and Regulatory Regime

By: G. Bruce Doern,Edward James Reed

The essays in this volume ask what risks Canadians might be exposed to as fiscal pressures strain the capacity of regulators in areas such as food, drugs, pesticides, fisheries, and the environment.

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412

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University of Toronto Press

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0802082629

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Three Bio-realms

Biotechnology and the Governance of Food, Health, and Life in Canada

By: G. Bruce Doern

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Three Bio-realms

Biotechnology and the Governance of Food, Health, and Life in Canada

By: G. Bruce Doern

EmThree Bio-Realms/em provides the first integrated examination of the thirty-year story of the democratic governance of biotechnology in Canada.

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144269484X

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The Greening of Canada

Federal Institutions and Decisions

By: G. Bruce Doern,Thomas Conway

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The Greening of Canada

Federal Institutions and Decisions

By: G. Bruce Doern,Thomas Conway

Environmental matters have become increasingly important in Canadian and world policy agendas. In this study, G. Bruce Doern and Thomas Conway trace the development of Canadian environment policy, giving an in-depth account of twenty years of environmental politics, politicians, institutions, and decisions as seen through the evolution of Ottawa's policy agency, Environment Canada. The Greening of Canada is an extensively researched look at the entire period from the early 1970s to the present and is the most complete and integrated analysis yet of federal environmental institutions and key decisions. From Great Lakes pollution to the Green Plan, from the Stockholm Conference to the post–Rio Earth Summit era, the authors deal with both domestic and international events and influences on Ottawa's often abortive efforts to entrench a green agenda into national politics. The book explores the crucial relationships of institutional and political power, directing attention at the DOE and its parade of ministers, intra-cabinet battles, federal-provincial relations, business relations and public opinion, and international and Canada–U.S. relations. It also examines important topics from acid-rain policy to the politics of establishing national parks, and from the Green Plan to the realities of environmental enforcement. Employing a framework cast as the 'double dynamic' of environmental policy making, the authors show the growing struggle between the management of power among key institutions and the need to accommodate a biophysical realm characterized by increased uncertainty as well as scientific and technological controversy.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442638311

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Canadian Public Budgeting in the Age of Crises

Shifting Budgetary Domains and Temporal Budgeting

By: G. Bruce Doern,Allan M. Maslove,Michael J. Prince

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Canadian Public Budgeting in the Age of Crises

Shifting Budgetary Domains and Temporal Budgeting

By: G. Bruce Doern,Allan M. Maslove,Michael J. Prince

A broad look at attempts to address economic crises by various governments, with insights into how budget decisions are made.

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0773541667

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9780773541665

Power Switch

Energy Regulatory Governance in the Twenty-First Century

By: G.Bruce Doern,Monica Gattinger

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Power Switch

Energy Regulatory Governance in the Twenty-First Century

By: G.Bruce Doern,Monica Gattinger

In the energy sector of Canadian economic and political life, power has a double meaning. It is quintessentially about the generation of power and physical energy. However, it is also about political power, the energy of the economy, and thus the overall governance of Canada. Power Switch offers a critical examination of the changing nature of energy regulatory governance, with a particular focus on Canada in the larger contexts of the George W. Bush administration's aggressive energy policies and within North American energy markets. Focusing on the key institutions and complex regimes of regulation, Bruce Doern and Monica Gattinger look at specific regulatory bodies such as the National Energy Board, the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, and the Ontario Energy Board. They also examine the complex systems of rule making that develop as traditional energy regulation interacts and often collides with environmental and climate change regulation, such as the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Power Switch is one of the first accounts in many years of Canada's overall energy regulatory system.

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1442631589

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Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

The Innovation Economy and Society Nexus

By: G. Bruce Doern,David Castle,Peter W.B. Phillips

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Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

The Innovation Economy and Society Nexus

By: G. Bruce Doern,David Castle,Peter W.B. Phillips

Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy presents new critical analysis about related developments in the field such as significantly changed concepts of peer review, merit review, the emergence of big data in the digital age, and the rise of an economy and society dominated by the internet and information. The authors scrutinize the different ways in which federal and provincial policies have impacted both levels of government, including how such policies impact on Canada’s natural resources. They also study key government departments and agencies involved with science, technology, and innovation to show how these organizations function increasingly in networks and partnerships, as Canada seeks to keep up and lead in a highly competitive global system. The book also looks at numerous realms of technology across Canada in universities, business, and government and various efforts to analyze biotechnology, genomics, and the Internet, as well as earlier technologies such as nuclear reactors, and satellite technology. The authors assess whether a science-and-technology-centred innovation economy and society has been established in Canada – one that achieves a balance between commercial and social objectives, including the delivery of public goods and supporting values related to redistribution, fairness, and community and citizen empowerment. Probing the nature of science advice across prime ministerial eras, including recent concerns over the Harper government’s claimed muzzling of scientists in an age of attack politics, Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy provides essential information for academics and practitioners in business and government in this crucial and complex field.

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0773598987

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9780773598980

How Ottawa Spends, 2004-2005

Mandate Change and Continuity in the Paul Martin Era

By: G. Bruce Doern

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How Ottawa Spends, 2004-2005

Mandate Change and Continuity in the Paul Martin Era

By: G. Bruce Doern

Drawing on the work of academics and other experts from across Canada, Carleton University's School of Public Policy and Administration's annual book takes a focused and robust look at an era where a political coronation seemed inevitable but high expectations had to be managed downwards almost immediately. A less-than-buoyant fiscal surplus, escalating concerns about liberal ethics and corruption, and a growing volatility in public opinion are examined as are Canadians' increasingly uncertain views about the new Liberal leadership versus the old Liberal Party's ten-year hold on power. A new Conservative Party and a suddenly feisty New Democratic Party are also a central part of the new 2004-2005 Canadian political and policy milieu.

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0773572376

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9780773572379

Strategic Science in the Public Interest

Canada's Government Laboratories and Science-based Agencies

By: G. Bruce Doern,Jeffrey S. Kinder,Jeff Kinder

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Strategic Science in the Public Interest

Canada's Government Laboratories and Science-based Agencies

By: G. Bruce Doern,Jeffrey S. Kinder,Jeff Kinder

The past twenty years have seen considerable shifts and struggles in government science that is, in the way the state funds, supports, regulates, conducts and uses scientific and technological activity. Focusing on federal labs and agencies, Strategic Science in the Public Interest explores how these labs have been located within, and often buried by, the larger commercially-focussed federal innovation agenda. G. Bruce Doern and Jeffrey S. Kinder examine four labs whose mandates deal with the Alberta oil sands, environmental technologies, wildlife research, and mining and metals, respectively. The authors use these cases to explain why a better middle-level approach to analysis is needed for strategic public interest-centred government science. They illustrate the importance of understanding the variety, as well as the similarity, of federal science and technology labs and agencies, and of instituting policies that reflect this diversity. The growing importance of Related Science Activities (RSA) is also explored, as well as the core trade-offs between commercial and public goods science in their mandates and their internal capacities.

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0802088538

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Risky Business

Canada's Changing Science-based Policy and Regulatory Regime

By: G. Bruce Doern

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Risky Business

Canada's Changing Science-based Policy and Regulatory Regime

By: G. Bruce Doern

The essays in this volume ask what risks Canadians might be exposed to as fiscal pressures strain the capacity of regulators in areas such as food, drugs, pesticides, fisheries, and the environment.

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Studies in Comparative Politic

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0802044816

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9780802044815

Green-lite

Complexity in Fifty Years of Canadian Environmental Policy, Governance, and Democracy

By: G. Bruce Doern,Graeme Auld,Christopher Stoney

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Green-lite

Complexity in Fifty Years of Canadian Environmental Policy, Governance, and Democracy

By: G. Bruce Doern,Graeme Auld,Christopher Stoney

Anchored in the core literature on natural resources, energy production, and environmental analysis, Green-lite is a critical examination of Canadian environmental policy, governance, and politics drawing out key policy and governance patterns to show that the Canadian story is one of complexity and often weak performance. Making a compelling argument for deeper historical analysis of environmental policy and situating environmental concerns within political and fiscal agendas, the authors provide extended discussions on three relatively new features of environmental policy: the federal-cities and urban sustainability regime, the federal-municipal infrastructure regime, and the regime of agreements with NGOs and businesses that often relegate governments to observing participants rather than being policy leaders. They probe the Harper era’s muzzling of environmental science and scientists, Canada’s oil sands energy and resource economy, and the government’s core Alberta and Western Canadian political base. The first book to provide an integrated, historical, and conceptual examination of Canadian environmental policy over many decades, Green-lite captures complex notions of what environmental policy and green agendas seek to achieve in a business-dominated economy of diverse energy producing technologies, and their pollution harms and risks.

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0773597492

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9780773597495

How Ottawa Spends, 2012-2013

The Harper Majority, Budget Cuts, and the New Opposition

By: G. Bruce Doern,Christopher Stoney

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How Ottawa Spends, 2012-2013

The Harper Majority, Budget Cuts, and the New Opposition

By: G. Bruce Doern,Christopher Stoney

Continuing its tradition of current, exemplary scholarship, the 2012-13 edition of How Ottawa Spends casts a critical eye at national politics, priorities, and policies, with an emphasis on the Conservative majority's mandated austerity measures and budget-cutting strategies. Leading scholars from across Canada examine a new era of majority government and a transformed political opposition both in Parliament and in provincial politics. Several closely linked political, policy, and spending realms are examined, including corporate tax reform, Conservative Party social policy, regional economic development, science and technology investments, Canada-US perimeter security and trade agreements, the rise and fall of regulatory regimes, and Canadian health care. Related governance issues such as federal infrastructure program impacts, the Harper government's Economic Action Plan impacts in Ontario, and community colleges in the federal innovation agenda, are also discussed in detail.

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0773587799

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Book's by G.Bruce Doern

Policy

Policy

Rules and Unruliness

Rules and Unruliness

Risky Business

Risky Business

Three Bio-realms

Three Bio-realms

The Greening of Canada

The Greening of Canada

Canadian Public Budgeting in the Age of Crises

Canadian Public Budgeting in the Age of Crises

Power Switch

Power Switch

Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

How Ottawa Spends, 2004-2005

How Ottawa Spends, 2004-2005

Strategic Science in the Public Interest

Strategic Science in the Public Interest

Risky Business

Risky Business

Green-lite

Green-lite

How Ottawa Spends, 2012-2013

How Ottawa Spends, 2012-2013

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