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- Title
Policy work at the sub-national level: Analytical styles of Canadian and Czech directors and managers.
- Authors
Nekola, Martin; Kohoutek, Jan
- Abstract
This paper uses data from two countries to develop profiles of policy directors and managers in the sub-national public bureaucracies of Canada and the Czech Republic. Canadian directors and managers undertake more analytically complex tasks for which research and evaluation is necessary. In comparison, Czech managers are more firmly engaged in project management agendas, and Czech directors tend to rely on personal experience and routine approaches. Overall, the sample shows that different policy styles are emphasized in each country and at different levels ranging from rational-technical and advisory-interactive (Canadian directors and managers), process expertise (Czech managers), and a combination of analytical rationality and issue activism (Czech directors).
- Subjects
POLICY scientists; CANADIAN politics &; government, 1980-; CZECH politics &; government, 1993-; COMPARATIVE studies; CIVIL service; NEW public management
- Publication
Canadian Public Administration, 2016, Vol 59, Issue 2, p289
- ISSN
0008-4840
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/capa.12170