Ministerial policy roles and mandate letters in the Justin Trudeau government
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9783127 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenny William Ie (0000-0002-5284-004X, Lecturer, Department of Political Science University of British Columbia Buchanan C425, 1866 Main Mall Vancouver V6T 1Z1 BC Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 40-53 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4840 • E-ISSN: 1754-7121 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/capa.12554 |
| OpenAlex | W4392106742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
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 policy initiation, advocates are characterized most by policy supplementation and maintenance, managers are mostly tasked with maintaining the policy status quo, and networkers are distinctive in their share of coordination and information tasks
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |