{"product_id":"critical-policy-studies-paperback-softback-9780774813181","title":"Critical Policy Studies (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774813181","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCritical Policy Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Orsini (Edited by), Miriam Smith (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774813181\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 July 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w figures and tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraditional definitions of public policy in Canada have been challenged in recent years by globalization, the transition to a knowledge-based economy, and the rise of new technologies. \u003cem\u003eCritical Policy Studies\u003c\/em\u003e describes how new policy problems such as border screening and global warming have been catapulted onto the agenda in the neo-liberal era. The book also surveys the recent evolution of critical approaches to policy studies, which have transformed decades-old issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors conceptualize the ways in which public policy questions cut across the traditional fields of policy. They cover both topical approaches such as Foucauldian and post-empiricist analysis and new applications of established perspectives, such as political economy. Conventional methodologies reveal new connotations when used to explore such topics as security issues, Canadian sovereignty, welfare reform, environmental protocol, Aboriginal policy, and reproductive technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCritical Policy Studies\u003c\/em\u003e provides an alternative to existing approaches to policy studies, and will be welcomed by scholars, students, and practitioners of political science and public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigures and Tables\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Critical Policy Studies \/ \u003cem\u003eMichael Orsini and Miriam Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Political Economy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Political Economy and Canadian Public Policy \/ \u003cem\u003ePeter Graefe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Policy Analysis in an Era of \"Globalization\": Capturing Spatial Dimensions and Scalar Strategies \/ \u003cem\u003eRianne Mahon, Caroline Andrew, and Robert Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Citizens and Diversity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Citizen Engagement: Rewiring the Policy Process \/ \u003cem\u003eRachel Laforest and Susan Phillips\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Queering Public Policy: A Canadian Perspective \/ \u003cem\u003eMiriam Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Gender Mainstreaming in the Canadian Context: \"One Step Forward and Two Steps Back\" \/ \u003cem\u003eOlena Hankivsky\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Political Science, Race, Ethnicity, and Public Policy \/ \u003cem\u003eYasmeen Abu-Laban\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Discourse and Knowledge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Governmentality and the Shifting Winds of Policy Studies \/ \u003cem\u003eKaren Bridget Murray\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 Agenda-Setting and Issue Definition \/ \u003cem\u003eStuart N. Soroka\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Scientists, Government, and \"Boundary Work\": The Case of Reproductive Technologies and Genetic Engineering in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eFrancesca Scala\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 Between Respect and Control: Traditional Indigenous Knowledge in Canadian Public Policy \/ \u003cem\u003eFrances Abele\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 Framing Environmental Policy: Aboriginal Rights and the Conservation of Migratory Birds \/ \u003cem\u003eLuc Juillet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Risky Subjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 From the Welfare State to the Social Investment State: A New Paradigm for Canadian Social Policy? \/ \u003cem\u003eDenis Saint-Martin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 Canadian Post-9\/11 Border Policy and Spillover Securitization: Smart, Safe, Sovereign? \/ \u003cem\u003eMark B. Salter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15 The Permanent-Emergency Compensation State: A \"Postsocialist\" Tale of Political Dystopia \/ \u003cem\u003eMatt James\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16 Discourses in Distress: From \"Health Promotion\" to \"Population Health\" to \"You Are Responsible for Your Own Health\" \/ \u003cem\u003eMichael Orsini\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531053625624,"sku":"9780774813181","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/critical-policy-studies-paperback-softback-9780774813181","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}