What's going on in there? Canadian government policy labs and public value management

Adam M. Wellstead; Nora Ottenhof; Bryan Evans; Anat Gofen

doi:10.1111/capa.12548

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What's going on in there? Canadian government policy labs and public value management

Adam M. Wellstead

Nora Ottenhof Bryan Evans

Anat Gofen

Canadian Public Administration Vol. 66 No. 4 pp. 514-532 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractGovernment‐based policy labs have established themselves across the Canadian policy landscape. This article argues these labs contribute to public value management. We begin by reviewing the public value management literature, followed by Canadian contributions to the policy lab literature. Then, our inventory of 35 current Canadian government‐based policy labs is descriptively analyzed, including trends in spatial concentration, the tools and methods employed, their focus areas, the number of years in existence, and their primary role in the policy process. We randomly selected nine of these labs, provide more details of their activities, and present a preliminary public value management typology to analyze policy labs.

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Published: Dec 01, 2023
Vol/Issue: 66(4)
Pages: 514-532
License: View

Authors

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Adam M. Wellstead

Department of Social Sciences Michigan Technological University Houghton Michigan USA

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Nora Ottenhof

Politics and Public Administration Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto Ontario Canada

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Bryan Evans

Politics and Public Administration Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto Ontario Canada

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Anat Gofen

Federmann School of Public Policy and Governance Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel

Funding

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Award: Insight

Cite This Article

Adam M. Wellstead, Nora Ottenhof, Bryan Evans, et al. (2023). What's going on in there? Canadian government policy labs and public value management. Canadian Public Administration, 66(4), 514-532. https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.12548

What's going on in there? Canadian government policy labs and public value management

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