Backrooms and Beyond: Partisan Advisers and the Politics of Policy Work in Canada

by Jonathan Craft

Though they serve in many roles and under many titles, no one doubts that political staffs now wield substantial influence in the making of government policy. Backrooms and Beyond draws on interviews with ministers, senior public servants, and political advisers to offer the first detailed Canadian treatment of how that influence is gained and exercised in the policy making process.

A comparative analysis of case studies from three Canadian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442626356
• ISBN13: 9781442626355
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"