Governments at Work - 9780802073556

Governments at WorkCanadian Parliamentary Federalism and Its Public Policy Effects\nAuthor(s): Mark Sproule-Jones\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802073556, 978-0802073556\nSynopsis\nIn this innovative analysis of how government works, Mark Sproule-Jones examines the underlying arrangements, or rules, that operate between levels of government and the execution of public policy. \n\n He begins by identifying three levels of rules. Rules at the lowest or operational level determine how policies are delivered. Next, at the institutional level, are the rules that determine which institutions operate at the lowest level. Finally, rules at the constitutional level define which institutions can make the determinations. These layers are reproduced in multiple hierarchies throughout the national and international structures in which Canadian public policy operates.\n\n The author then explores three public .