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Political Science General

Governments at Work

Canadian Parliamentary Federalism and Its Public Policy Effects

by (author) Mark Sproule-Jones

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Dec 1993
Category
General, General, Canadian
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487574369
    Publish Date
    Dec 1993
    List Price
    $46.95

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Description

In this innovative analysis of how government works, Mark Sproule-Jones examines the underlying arrangements, or ‘rules’, that operate between levels of government and the execution of public policy.

 

He begins by identifying three levels of rules. Rules at the lowest or operational level determine how policies are delivered. Next, at the institutional level, are the rules that determine which institutions operate at the lowest level. Finally, rules at the constitutional level define which institutions can make the determinations. These layers are reproduced in multiple hierarchies throughout the national and international structures in which Canadian public policy operates.

 

The author then explores three public policies as they converge in one location: commercial shipping, pleasure boating, and a water-quality management in the harbour at Hamilton, Ontario. In the context of rule configurations, Sproule-Jones evaluates these public policies with reference to legal doctrine, technical matters, the operation of political institutions, and constitutional constraints.

About the author

Mark Sproule-Jones, professor in the Department of Political Science and the Victor K. Copps Chair of Urban Studies, McMaster University, is the author of a number of books on environmental policy including The Restoration of the Great Lakes.Carolyn Johns is associate professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University where she researches and teaches in the areas of public policy, public administration and environmental policy.B. Timothy Heinmiller is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Brock University where he researches and teaches in the areas of resource management, public policy, and public administration.

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