Note November 2023: being updated
General background information
- What is policy? (online) classic 2005 report defining policy from Caledon Institute of Social Policy
- Inside bureaucracy [print] - even more classic 1967 research study on bureaucratic decision-making
- A practical guide for policy analysis: the eightfold path to more effective problem solving [online and print] Probably the most useful public policy book you will read
- Beyond policy analysis: public issue management in turbulent times [print] Author Leslie A. Pal is one of the editors of:
- The Atlas of Public Management "concepts, topics, and courses taught in leading MPP and MPA programs" (Example:concepts for How Government Works in Canada)
- Find Public Policy Documents (University of Calgary) Listing two dozen types of document possibilities, "finding a public policy is often a very difficult process." Start with the guide Canadian federal, provincial, and local resources
Dictionaries
- Dictionary of social welfare
- Bilingual vocabulary for governance, public policy & administration [print]
- Dictionary of public policy and administration [print and online]
- International dictionary of public management and governance [print or online]
Encyclopedias
- Canadian Encyclopedia
- Defining public administration: selections from the international encyclopedia of public policy and administration
- Encyclopedia of governance [print or online]
- Encyclopedia of government and politics [print and online]
- Encyclopedia of public administration and public policy [print]
- Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of globalization [print]
Handbooks
- The handbook of Canadian public administration [print]
- Handbook of family policies across the globe [print and online]
- Handbook of public administration
- Handbook of public policy analysis
- Language of Canadian politics: a guide to important terms and concepts [print and online]
- The Oxford handbook of Canadian politics [print]
- Routledge handbook of public policy [print or online]
- Sage handbook of governance [print and online]
Topic-specific background information
Economic policy
- Handbook of public finance
- International handbook of public financial management
- International tax handbook [print]
- New Palgrave dictionary of economics
- Routledge dictionary of economics [print (2013) or online (2002)]
Environmental policy
- Dictionary of environmental economics, science and policy [print or online]
- Dictionary of environmental law and science [print]
- Handbook of environmental policy evaluation [print]
- Handbook of global climate and environment policy
- Handbook of globalisation and environmental policy: national government interventions in a global arena
- Oxford handbook of U.S. environmental policy [print]
Health policy
- Canadian health law and policy [print]
- Encyclopedia of health economics
- Handbook of culturally responsive school mental health: advancing research, training, practice, and policy
- Handbook of globalization, governance, and public administration [print]
- Handbook of long-term care administration and policy [print]
- Oxford handbook of public health practice [print (2013) or online]
- Oxford handbook of health economics [print]
- Palgrave international handbook of healthcare policy and governance
Labour policy
- The law of work [print]
- Research handbook on the economics of labor and employment law
- Women and Gender Equality Canada including research