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Price: $64.95

Format:
Paperback 334 pp.
30 tables and figures, 6" x 9"

ISBN-10:
0195426827

ISBN-13:
9780195426823

Copyright Year:
2008

Imprint: OUP Canada

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Public Policy in Canada

An Introduction, Fifth Edition

Lydia Miljan

A core text for courses in public policy, Public Policy in Canada provides a unique, hands-on approach to the subject. In Part I, Understanding Public Policy, author Lydia Miljan introduces the key concepts, important theories, and extenuating context surrounding public policy. This section also explores how politics are implemented. Part II, Policy Fields, offers extensive and thought-provoking discussion of six significant issue-areas in current Canadian policy-making: macroeconomic policy, social policy, health policy, family policy, Aboriginal policy, and environmental policy. In the new edition, further discussion of what governments in Canada do, why, and what the consequences are for the political, social, and economic fabric are also included.

Readership : A core textbook for courses in public policy, aimed at second- and third-year level undergraduate courses.

Part I: Understanding Public Policy
1. Basic Concepts in the Study of Public Policy
2. Theories of Public Policy
3. The Context of Policy-Making in Canada
4. Policy Implementation
Part II: Policy Fields
5. Macroeconomic Policy
6. Social Policy
7. Health Policy
8. Family Policy
9. Aboriginal Policy
10. Environmental Policy

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Lydia Miljan is a Senior Fellow and the former Director for the Alberta Initiative of The Fraser Institute and the National Media Archive. She is currently an Associate Professor in Department of Political Science at the University of Windsor, and was awarded the H.B. Earhart Fellowship in 1996.

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Special Features

  • Balanced approach. Theoretical and practical approach provides a well-rounded picture of public policy in Canada.
  • Real-Time examples. Through analysis of specific policy areas using real-life examples, students see the theories behind public policy in action.
  • Accessible learning tools. End-of-chapter materials including, list of key terms, discussion questions, and additional online references assist in student comprehension of key material.
  • NEW! Updated tables, figures, and data offer students the most current material available.
  • NEW! Additional material on globalization and its consequences for Canadian public policy reflects changes in policy as well as the increasing importance of global issues.
  • NEW! Expanded material on environmental policy includes distinct issues such as water policy in addition to other key environmental topics.