Aiming to Explain: Theories of Policy Change and Canadian Gun Control

by B. Timothy Heinmiller and Matthew A. Hennigar

Firearms policy has periodically dominated Canadian politics since the late 1960s. Compared to the United States, however, there is little scholarship on firearms policy to the neighbouring north.

Using Canadian firearms policy, Aiming to Explain examines five prominent policy process theories employed during the period from the 1989 Montreal Massacre to the 2012 cancellation of the universal firearms registry. Throughout, B. Timothy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148754233X
• ISBN13: 9781487542337
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"