=== Ways to use CanPol scholars for PubPol Comp ===



Alfred, Taiaiake - Peace, Power, Righteousness - Reveals some of the assumptions behind conventional policy analysis, showing how some major ideas are at the root.

Banting, Keith - The Welfare State and Canadian Federalism - Historical development of Canada's welfare state, shows some interaction between background conditions (industrialization), institutions (federalism), and policy outcomes

Bashevkin, Sylvia - Welfare Hot Buttons - ideological assumptions about welfare recipients spread between Canada, the US, and UK as well as between right-leaning and left-leaning governments

Franks, C.E.S. and David Docherty - socialization of members of parliament, affecting the strategy and identity of parties

Harrison, Kathryn - Passing the Buck: Federalism and Environmental Policy - Shows how waves of public interest relate to cycles in policy-making. Also, how having multiple levels of government allows each to duck difficult issues by ascribing responsibility to the other.

Nevitte, Neal - Decline of Deference - changes in political culture, post-materialist values

Porter, John - The Vertical Mosaic - Group-based analysis, composition of elites and their influence on policy-making

Richardson, Boyce - Strangers Devour the Land - Influence of Quebec nationalistic impulses on political decision-making and court decisions

Russell, Peter - Links between history and institutional development; relationship between the courts, constitution, legislature

Savoie, Donald - structures and incentives within the bureaucracy