Introduction : the importance of policy design : effective processes, tools and outcomes / Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee -- The contexts and components of policy design : governance modes and policy regimes / Michael Howlett -- Designing complex policy mixes : elements, processes and...

Understanding the role of policy design in contemporary policy-making -- Policy design in the contemporary era: beyond globalization and governance -- What is policy design?: key definitions and concepts in the study of policy design -- Why policy design?: tools, mechanisms, behaviours and the...

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1 Introduction -- 1 Canadian Natural Resource and Environmental Policy: Issues and Approaches -- Part 2 The Context(s) of Canadian Natural Resource and Environmental Policy -- 2 The Socioeconomic Context: Canadian...

Deregulation and its Discontents examines the different ways in which the issues related to deregulation and reregulation have been addressed in Asia. The role of government in business has gone through distinct, if overlapping, cycles: regulation, deregulation and reregulation. However, little...

<italic>Most of the interest in assessment of policy consulting in recent years has been related to financial and budgetary matters. This narrow focus has not dealt adequately with other important issues such as the impact of increased external consulting on the range and quality of advice and services...</italic>