2024
DOI: 10.1111/capa.12554
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Ministerial policy roles and mandate letters in the Justin Trudeau government

Kenny William Ie

Abstract: This article examines ministers as policy actors through analysis of tasks in mandate letters. These tasks were coded as involving either policy initiation, supplementation, maintenance, coordination, engagement, or information. The 2021 mandate letters show that policy maintenance tasks are most common, initiation the least, suggesting that most ministers are constrained to passive policy management. Four distinctive ministerial types are also identified. Activists are distinguished by their dominance over po… Show more

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