- Title Pages
- List of figures and tables
- Notes on contributors
- Editors’ introduction to the series
-
One Policy analysis in Canada: an introduction -
Two The policy analysis profession in Canada -
Three The “lumpiness” thesis revisited: the venues of policy work and the distribution of analytical techniques in Canada -
Four Policy analysis in the federal government: conditions and renewal initiatives in the Trudeau era -
Five Public policy in the provinces: more powering; less puzzling -
Six Policy analysis in local government -
Seven Policy analysis and the central executive -
Eight Policy capacity and recruiting expertise in public services: acquiring talent in evolving governance environments -
Nine The diminished invisible private service: consultants and public policy in Canada -
Ten Canadian legislatures, public policy and policy analysis -
Eleven Commissions of inquiry and policy analysis -
Twelve The policy capacity of political parties in Canada -
Thirteen Any better ideas? Think tanks and policy analysis in Canada -
Fourteen Policy analytical capacity and Canadian business associations -
Fifteen Transforming governance patterns: challenges and opportunities for voluntary sector policy capacity -
Sixteen Policy analysis and advocacy in the Canadian labour movement: when the force of argument is not enough -
Seventeen Media and public policy -
Eighteen From policy analysis to policy analytics -
Nineteen Academics and public policy -
Twenty Public policy studies in North America and Europe1 -
Twenty-One Trends and directions in Canadian policy analysis and policy advice - Index
Canadian legislatures, public policy and policy analysis
Canadian legislatures, public policy and policy analysis
- Chapter:
- (p.211) Ten Canadian legislatures, public policy and policy analysis
- Source:
- Policy Analysis in Canada
- Author(s):
Ted Glenn
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This chapter aims to clarify the roles that legislatures play in Canadian public policy and its analysis by looking at the institution as it functions in the country’s parliamentary system of government. The chapter begins by describing the four core functions that legislatures perform in Canada’s parliamentary system, namely making government, making government work, making government behave, and making alternative governments. The chapter then explains how and where these functions fit into the public policy process, most significantly in the agenda-setting, implementation and evaluation stages. The chapter concludes with some thoughts on what this fresh perspective on Canadian legislatures and public policy offers for policy analysis in this country.
Keywords: Canadian legislatures, Westminster-based parliamentary system, democratic legitimacy, confidence convention, responsible government
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- Title Pages
- List of figures and tables
- Notes on contributors
- Editors’ introduction to the series
-
One Policy analysis in Canada: an introduction -
Two The policy analysis profession in Canada -
Three The “lumpiness” thesis revisited: the venues of policy work and the distribution of analytical techniques in Canada -
Four Policy analysis in the federal government: conditions and renewal initiatives in the Trudeau era -
Five Public policy in the provinces: more powering; less puzzling -
Six Policy analysis in local government -
Seven Policy analysis and the central executive -
Eight Policy capacity and recruiting expertise in public services: acquiring talent in evolving governance environments -
Nine The diminished invisible private service: consultants and public policy in Canada -
Ten Canadian legislatures, public policy and policy analysis -
Eleven Commissions of inquiry and policy analysis -
Twelve The policy capacity of political parties in Canada -
Thirteen Any better ideas? Think tanks and policy analysis in Canada -
Fourteen Policy analytical capacity and Canadian business associations -
Fifteen Transforming governance patterns: challenges and opportunities for voluntary sector policy capacity -
Sixteen Policy analysis and advocacy in the Canadian labour movement: when the force of argument is not enough -
Seventeen Media and public policy -
Eighteen From policy analysis to policy analytics -
Nineteen Academics and public policy -
Twenty Public policy studies in North America and Europe1 -
Twenty-One Trends and directions in Canadian policy analysis and policy advice - Index
