Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-17-2023
Department
Department of Social Sciences
Abstract
Government-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.
Publication Title
Canadian Public Administration
Recommended Citation
Wellstead, A.,
Ottenhof, N.,
Evans, B.,
&
Gofen, A.
(2023).
What's going on in there? Canadian government policy labs and public value management.
Canadian Public Administration,
66(4), 514-532.
http://doi.org/10.1111/capa.12548
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p2/305
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© 2023 The Authors. Canadian Public Administration published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Institute of Public Administration of Canada. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.12548