Provincial Policy Laboratories: Policy Diffusion and Transfer in Canada's Federal System (Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1487526393 ISBN 13: 9781487526399

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2021

Synopsis

Canada's federal system, composed of ten provincial governments and three territories, all with varying economies and political cultures, is often blamed for the country's failure to develop coordinated policy responses to key issues. But in other federal and multi-level governance systems, the ability of multiple governments to test a variety of policy responses has been lauded as an effective way to build local and national policy.

Despite high-profile examples of policy diffusion in Canada, there has been surprisingly little academic study of policy learning and diffusion among provinces. Featuring cutting-edge research, Provincial Policy Laboratories explores the cross-jurisdictional movement of policies among governments in Canada’s federal system. The book comprises case studies from a range of emerging policy areas, including parentage rights, hydraulic fracturing regulations, species at risk legislation, sales and aviation taxation, and marijuana regulation. Throughout, the contributors aim to increase knowledge about this understudied aspect of Canadian federalism and contribute to the practice of intergovernmental policymaking across the country.

About this title

About the Authors

Brendan Boyd is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, Economics, and Political Science at MacEwan University.


Andrea Olive is a professor of political science and geography, geomatics, and environment at the University of Toronto, Mississauga.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1487526393
• ISBN 13: 9781487526399
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190
• Editor: Boyd Brendan, Olive Andrea