Public Purse, Public Purpose
Public Purse, Public Purpose

Author: Institute for Research on Public Policy

Publisher: IRPP

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780886451295

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This document contain papers on the following topics: setting the stage for government and universities in Canada; experience in other countries; pressures and responses of universities in Canada; university governance and management; the perspective of four presidents on how universities in Canada view the opportunities and problems of a changing environment; and perspectives from outside the university.

Transition to the Knowledge Society
Transition to the Knowledge Society

Author: University of British Columbia. Institute for European Studies

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13:

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This text describes the implications of ICTs, their potential for increased productions, and their impact on jobs, skill development, wages, and income. The authors address issues of distribution and equity - particularly with respect to disparities involving class, gender, ethnicity, and age.

Work in Canada
Work in Canada

Author: Graham S. Lowe

Publisher: Scarborough, Ont. : Nelson Canada

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 9780176041427

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Something Borrowed, Something Blue? Part Two
Something Borrowed, Something Blue? Part Two

Author: David Finegold

Publisher: Symposium Books Ltd

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1873927053

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A distinct pattern emerged in the British education and training reform process in the latter half of the 1980s. A government minister or a team of policy experts paid a brief study visit to the United States; a short time later a new initiative was announced which bore a close resemblance to a US programme. More recently, the flow of policy ideas across the Atlantic appears to have reversed direction. This book develops a three-tiered approach to the analysis of policy borrowing. The first section draws on a number of different literatures relevant to this area to create an analytical framework for the study of policy borrowing. Section Two examines the specific context in which these borrowing episodes occurred, asking: ‘Why did Britain look to America for policy inspiration in the latter half of the 1980s?’ The final section examines individual cases of policy borrowing at the local and national levels, attempting to distill lessons about the borrowing process.