Leslie A. Pal
Research Interests and Selected Publications
School of Public Policy and
Administration
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1S 5B6
Phone: (613) 520-2600 ext. 2554
Fax: (613) 520-2551
E-mail: leslie_pal@carleton.ca
Authored/Co-Authored Books 12
Edited/Co-edited Books 9
Refereed Journal Articles 18
Chapters in Books 37
Book Reviews 14
Conference and Invited Papers 34
1. Parameters of Power: Canada’s
Political Institutions (3nd. Ed.), co-authored with Keith Archer,
Roger
Gibbins, Rainer Knopff, Heather MacIvor.
Toronto: Nelson, April 2002)
2. Beyond Policy Analysis: Public Issue
Management in Turbulent Times (2nd Ed.)
(Toronto: ITP Nelson, May
2001).
3. Parameters of Power: Canada’s
Political Institutions (2nd. Ed.), co-authored with Keith
Archer, Roger
Gibbins, Rainer Knopff. Toronto: Nelson,
1999.
4. Beyond Policy Analysis: Public Issue
Management in Turbulent Times (Toronto: ITP Nelson Canada,
1997).
5. Parameters of Power: Canada’s
Political Institutions, co-authored with Keith Archer, Roger Gibbins,
Rainer
Knopff. Toronto: Nelson, 1995.
6. The Real Worlds of Canadian Politics
(3rd edition), co-authored with Robert Malcolm Campbell.
Peterborough: Broadview Press, 1994.
7. Interests of State: The Politics of Language, Multiculturalism and Feminism in Canada, Montreal: McGill-
Queen's University Press, 1993.
8. Public Policy Analysis: An
Introduction (2nd edition). Toronto: Nelson, 1992.
9. The Real Worlds of Canadian Politics
(2nd edition), co-authored with Robert Malcolm Campbell.
Peterborough: Broadview Press, 1991.
10. The Real Worlds of Canadian
Politics, co-authored with Robert Malcolm Campbell. Peterborough:
Broadview Press, 1989.
11. State, Class and Bureaucracy:
Canadian Unemployment Insurance and Public Policy. Montreal: McGill-
Queen's University Press, 1988.
12. Public Policy Analysis: An
Introduction. Toronto: Methuen/Nelson, 1987.
1. The Government Taketh Away: The
Politics of Pain in the United States and Canada, co-edited with R.
Kent Weaver (Washington: Georgetown
University Press, 2003).
2. How Ottawa Spends 2001-2002: Power
in Transition (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2001)
3. How Ottawa Spends 2000-2001: Past
Imperfect, Future Tense (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2000)
4. How Ottawa Spends 1999-2000:
Shape-Shifting: Canadian Government Toward the 21st Century
(Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1999)
5. Digital Democracy: Policy and
Politics in the Wired World, co-edited with C. J. Alexander. Toronto:
Oxford
University Press, 1998.
6. How Ottawa Spends 1998-99: Balancing
Act: Post-Deficit Policy Making (Toronto: Oxford University
Press, 1998).
7. Border Crossings: The
Internationalization of Canadian Public Policy, co-edited with G. Bruce
Doern and
Brian Tomlin (Toronto: Oxford University
Press, 1996).
8. The Nation-State v. Continental Integration:
Canada in North America - Germany in Europe, co-edited with
Rainer-Olaf Schultze. Bochum: Brockmeyer,
1991.
9. Prime Ministers and Premiers:
Political Leadership and Public Policy in Canada, co-edited collection with
David Taras. Toronto: Prentice-Hall, 1988.
1. “Good
Fences Make Good Neighbours: Policy Evaluation and Policy Analysis – Exploring
the Differences,” (co-authored with Iris Geva-May) Evaluation 5:3 (1999):
259-277.
2. “NGOs
in Civil and World Society,” Peace Forum 26 (Winter 1998): 45-54.
3. "Anatomy
of a Policy Area: The Case of Shipping," (with Daniel Hosseus),
Canadian Public Policy 23, 4 (1997): 399-415.
4. “Language,
Policy and Rights in Canada: Pragmatism v. Politics” Current World Leaders:
International Issues 38 (December 1995): 38-55.
5. “Competing
Paradigms in Policy Discourse: The Case of International Human Rights”,
Policy Sciences 28 (May 1995): 185-207.
6. "Review
Article: The New Canadian Political Economy," Canadian Journal of
Political Science 22 (December 1989): 827-39.
7. "Identity,
Citizenship and Mobilization: The Nationalities Branch and World War II," Canadian
Public Administration 32 (Fall 1989): 407-426.
8. "'Thanks
for the Memories...': Political Memoirs, Public Policy, and the Political
Imagination," Canadian Public Policy 21 (March 1988): 92-103.
9. "Sense
and Sensibility: Comments on Forget," Canadian Public Policy 21 (March
1988): 7-14.
10. "Bliss
v. The Attorney-General of Canada: From Legal Defeat to Political Victory,"
(with F. L. Morton) Osgoode Hall Law Journal 24 (Spring 1986): 141-161.
11. "Restraining
Class in Policy Explanations: Reply to Cuneo," Canadian Journal of
Political Science 19 (March 1986): 99-102.
12. "Relative
Autonomy Revisited: The Origins of Canadian Unemployment Insurance," Canadian
Journal of Political Science 19 (March 1986): 71-92.
13. "Consulting
Critics: A New Role of Academic Policy Analysts," Policy Sciences 18
(1985): 357-369.
14. "Maternity
Benefits and Unemployment Insurance," Canadian Public Policy 11
(September 1985): 551-560.
15. "The
Impact of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on Public Administration: A Case
Study of Sex Discrimination in the Unemployment Insurance Act," (with F.
L. Morton) Canadian Public Administration 28 (Summer 1985): 221-243.
16. "The
Finance View: The Case of U.I., 1971-78," Canadian Tax Journal 33
(July-August 1985): 786-801.
17. "The
Fall and Rise of Developmental Uses of U.I. Funds," Canadian Public Policy
9 (March 1983): 81-93.
18. "Scholarship
and the Later Innis," Journal of Canadian Studies 12 (Winter 1977): 32
1. “The Politics of Pain,” (with
R. Kent Weaver) in The Government Taketh Away: The Politics of Pain in the
United States and Canada, co-edited with R. Kent Weaver (Washington:
Georgetown University Press, 2003), 1-40.
2. “Gun Control,” in The
Government Taketh Away: The Politics of Pain in the United States and Canada,
coedited with R. Kent Weaver (Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2003),
233-262.
3. “Conclusions,” (with R. Kent
Weaver), in The Government Taketh Away: The Politics of Pain in the United
States and Canada, co-edited with R. Kent Weaver (Washington: Georgetown
University Press, 2003), 293-328.
4. “Power in Transition.” in How
Ottawa Spends 2001-2002: Power in Transition, ed. Leslie A. Pal (Toronto:
Oxford University Press, 2001), 1-27.
5. “Between the Sights: Gun
Control in Canada and the United States,” in Canada and the United States:
Differences the Count, ed. David M. Thomas (Toronto: Broadview Press,
2000), 68-93.
6. “Past Imperfect, Future Tense,”
in How Ottawa Spends 2000-2001: Past Imperfect, Future Tense, ed. Leslie
A. Pal (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2000), 1-32.
7. “Good Fences Make Good
Neighbours: Policy Evaluation and Policy Analysis – Exploring the Differences,”
(co-authored with Iris Geva-May), in Policy Analysis Methods, ed. Stuart
Nagel (Commack, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 1999), 1-24.
8. “Wired Governance: The
Political Implications of the Information Revolution,” in The Communications
Revolution at Work: The Social, Economic, and Political Impacts of
Technological Change, ed. Robert Boyce (Montreal and Kingston:
McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1999), 1-38.
9. “Shape Shifting: Canadian
Governance Toward the 21st Century,” in How Ottawa Spends 1999-2000:Shape
Shifting: Canadian Governance Toward the 21st Century, ed.
Leslie A. Pal (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1999), 1-35.
10. “A Thousand Points of Darkness:
Electronic Mobilization and the Case of the Communications Decency Act,"
in Digital Democracy: Policy and Politics in the Wired World, ed. C. J.
Alexander and Leslie A. Pal (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998), 105-131.
11. "New Currents in Policy
and Politics," (with C. J. Alexander) in Digital Democracy: Policy and
Politics in the Wired World, ed. C. J. Alexander and Leslie A. Pal
(Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998), 1-22.
12. “Balancing Act: Post-Deficit
Politics,” in How Ottawa Spends 1998-99: Balancing Act: Post-Deficit Policy
Making, ed. Leslie A. Pal (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998), 1-30.
13. ”Civic Re-Alignment: NGOs and
the Contemporary Welfare State,” in The Welfare State: Past, Present, Future,
ed. Raymond B. Blake, Penny E. Bryden, J. Frank Strain (Toronto: Irwin
Publishing, 1997), 88-104.
14. “The Internationalization of
Canadian Public Policy,” in Border Crossings: The Internationalization of
Canadian Public Policy, ed. G. Bruce Doern, Leslie A. Pal, Brian Tomlin (Toronto:
Oxford University Press, 1996), 1-26.
15. “Human Rights and Security
Policy,” (with Andrew Cooper), in Border Crossings: The Internationalization
of Canadian Public Policy, ed. G. Bruce Doern, Leslie A. Pal, Brian Tomlin
(Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996), 207-236.
16. "Missed Opportunities of
Comparative Advantage? Policy Studies in Canada," in Public Policy
Studies in Canada: The State of the Art, ed. Laurent Dobuzinskis et al.,
(Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996), 359-374.
17. "The Federal Bureaucracy:
Reinventing the Links Between State and Society," in Canadian Politics
in the 1990s, 4th ed., ed Michael Whittington and Glen Williams (Toronto:
Nelson, 1994), pp. 276-91.
18. "From Society to State:
Evolving Approaches to the Study of Politics," in Canadian Politics:
Approaches and Methods, 2nd. ed., ed. Alain-G. Gagnon and James Bickerton
(Peterborough: Broadview Press, 1994), pp. 39-53.
19. "Conclusions: Comments on
Blais," in A Downsized State? Canada and Quebec Compared, ed. Iain
Gow and Leo Bernier (Montreal: Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1994), pp.
433-435.
20. "The Role of the State:
Canada and the Contradications of Political Cohesion,” in A Downsized State?
Canada and Quebec Compared, ed. Iain Gow and Leo Bernier (Montreal: Presses
de l'Université du Québec, 1994). pp. 389-407.
21. "Advocacy Organizations
and Legislative Politics: The Effect of the Charter on Interest Group Lobbying
over Federal Legislation, 1989-91," in Equity and Community: The
Charter, Interest Advocacy and Representation, ed. F. Leslie Seidle
(Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1994), pp. 119-157.
22. "Constitutional Politics
1990-92: The Paradox of Participation," (with Leslie Seidle) in How
Ottawa Spends:1993-94: A More Democratic Canada?, ed. Susan Phillips
(Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1993), pp. 143-202.
23. "Political Leadership in
Alberta," in The Government and Politics of Alberta, ed. Allan
Tupper and Roger Gibbins (Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1992), 1-29.
24. "The State in Mind: The
Future of the Traditional Nation-State," in The Nation-State Versus
Continental Integration: Canada in North America -- Germany in Europe, ed.
Leslie A. Pal and Rainer-Olaf Schultze (Bochum: Brockmeyer, 1991), 361-377.
25. "How Ottawa Dithers: The
Conservatives and Abortion Policy," in How Ottawa Spends 1991-92: The
Politics of Fragmentation, ed. Frances Abele (Ottawa: Carleton University
Press, 1991), 269-306.
26. "Official Language
Minorities and the State: Dual Dynamics in a Single Policy Network," in Organized
Interests and Public Policy, ed. William Coleman and Grace Skogstad
(Toronto: Copp-Clark, 1990), 170-90.
27. "From Society to State:
New Approaches to the Study of Politics," in Canadian Politics: Approaches
and Methods, ed. Alain-G. Gagnon and James Bickerton (Peterborough:
Broadview Press, 1990), 17-41.
28. "Knowledge, Power and
Policy: Reflections on Foucault," in Social Scientists and the State,
ed. Alain-G. Gagnon and Stephen Brooks (New York: Praeger, 1990), 139-158.
29. "Canadian Education
Policy," in International Public Policy Sourcebook: A Comparative
Perspective, Vol. II, ed. F. Bolotin (Homewood, Ill.: Greenwood Press,
1989): 11-29.
30. "The Changing Faces of
Political Power in Canada," in Prime Ministers and Premiers: Political
Leadership and Public Policy in Canada, ed. Leslie A. Pal and David Taras
(Toronto: Prentice-Hall, 1988): xiii-xviii.
31. "The Cauldron of
Leadership: Prime Ministers and Their Parties," in Prime Ministers and Premiers:
Political Leadership and Public Policy in Canada, ed. Leslie A. Pal and
David Taras (Toronto: Prentice-Hall, 1988): 87-96.
32. "Hands at the Helm?:
Political Leadership and Public Policy," in Prime Ministers and
Premiers: Political Leadership and Public Policy in Canada, ed. Leslie A.
Pal and David Taras (Toronto: Prentice-Hall, 1988): 16-26.
33. "Tools for the Job:
Canada's Evolution from Public Works to Mandated Employment," in The
Canadian Welfare State: Evolution and Transition, ed. Jaqueline Ismael
(Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1987): 33-62.
34. "Revision and Retreat:
Canadian Unemployment Insurance, 1971-1981," in Canadian Social Welfare
Policy, ed. J. Ismael (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1985):
75-104.
35. "The Constitution, Social
Policy, and Federalism: An Overview," in Canadian Social Welfare
Policy, ed. J. Ismael (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1985):
1-20.
36. "Telecommunications,
Regulation and Sovereignty," in Proceedings of Communications in '80s,
ed. T. McPhail and S. Hamilton (Calgary: The University of Calgary, 1984):
115-129.
37. "The Comparative Analysis
of Fiscal Policy," in Culture and Legitimacy, ed. T. Miljan
(Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier Press, 1981): 82-104
1. “Managing Hearts and Minds”
Kenote address to the 7th Annual PPX Symposium, Ottawa, Ontario, May 21, 2003.
2. “Domain Games: International
Governance of the Internet” Symposium on E-Government, Saskatchewan Institute
for Public Policy, University of Regina, May 8-10, 2003.
3. “Regulating the Digital
Commons: A Case Study of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers,” Invited presentation at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British
Columbia, January 24, 2003.
4. "The Political Scientist
as Hedgefox: Key Themes in Alan Cairns's Approach to Institutions," Paper
presented to the Conference “Rethinking Citizenship in the Canadian Federation:
A Conference in Honour of Alan C. Cairns,” Peter Wall Institute, University of
British Columbia, October 11-13, 2001.
5. “Gun Control,” Paper presented
at the Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1999.
6. “The Politics of Pain:
Political Institutions and Loss Imposition in Canada and the United States,”
(with Kent Weaver), Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian
Political Science Association, Sherbrooke, Quebec, June 6-8, 1999.
7. “Gun Control in the United
States and Canada: Political Institutions and Loss Imposition,” Paper presented
to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association,
Sherbrooke, Quebec, June 6-8, 1999.
8. “Friendly Solititudes” Paper
presented at the conference on Canadian Studies, University of Augsburg,
February 21, 1999
9. “Analytical Frameworks” Paper
presented to Treasury Board Symposium on the Law-making Process, Ottawa,
January 14, 1998.
10. “Human Rights and the
Internet” Paper presented to the European Parliament’s Symposium on Human
Rights and Information Technology, Brussels, January 20, 1998.
11. “Virtual Policy Networks: The
Internet and Global Social Action,” Paper presented at the annual meetings of
the Canadian Political Science Association, June 1997, St. John’s, Newfoundland
12. “The Politics of Pain: Political
Institutions and Loss Imposition in Canada and the United States,” (with R.
Kent Weaver), Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Political
Science Association, June 1997, St. John’s, Newfoundland
13. “The Politics of Pain: Towards
a Theoretical Model.” Paper presented to a colloquium hosted by the Cunliffe
Centre at the University of Sussex, May 29, 1997.
14. "Identity in the
Information Age: Is Multiculturalism Obsolete?" Paper presented to the
Encounter Canada Conference on Multiculturalism in Canada: A Dialogue for the
21st Century," York University, March 6, 1997.
15. “Human Rights Education and
the Internet,” Public address to the Consultation on Establishment of On-Line
Web Site on Human Rights Education, Ottawa, November 26, 1996.
16. “Nets, Webs and Scapes:
Political Mobilization in Cyberspace,” Paper presented to the workshop on
Social Movements in a Global Age, Carleton University, November 22, 1996.
17. “Getting Government Right: Has
the Leopard Really Changed its Spots?” Public lecture, Acadia University,
October 28, 1996.
18. “Electronic Lobbying: The Case
of the Communications Decency Act,” Paper presented to the annual meeting of
the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, Wolfville, N.S., October
25-27, 1996.
19. “Civic Re-alignment: NGOs and
the Contemporary Welfare State,” Paper presented to the conference on The
Welfare State in Canada: Past, Present, Future, Sackville, NB, April 11-13,
1996.
20. “Ideas in Action:
Methodological Issues in Interpreting Policy Discourse,” Paper presented at the
Annual Meetings of the Western Political Science Association, San Francisco,
March 13-15, 1996.
21. “Language, Policy and Rights
in Canada: Pragmatism v. Politics,” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of
the Latin America Studies Association, Washington, D.C., September 27-October
1, 1995.
22. ‘Reconfiguring Politics; The
Institutional Consequences of Rights Discourse,” Paper presented at the Annual
Meetings of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, August
30-September 3, 1995.
23. “The Internationalization of
Canadian Policy: The Case of Human Rights” (with Andrew Cooper). Paper
presented to the conference on The Internationalization of Canadian Public
Policy, Ottawa, May 25-26, 1995.
24. “Globalization, Human Rights
and Citizenship,” Paper presented at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish,
N.S., October 27, 1994.
25. “Re-Configuring the State:
Reflections on Human Rights and Moral Regulation in the Modern Welfare State,”
Paper presented to the Conference: Assessing the Klein Agenda, University of
Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, October 1, 1994.
26. "Policy Analysis in
Canada: Comparative Advantage or Missed Opportunities," Paper presented at
the annual meetings of the Canadian Political Science Association, Ottawa,
Ontario, June, 1993.
27. "Structure and Discourse
in International Human Rights Organizations: Aspects of the Canadian
Case," Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Political
Science Association, Ottawa, Ontario, June 1993.
28. "Taking the Measure of the
Downsized State," Paper presented to the Conference: A Downsized State?
Canada and Quebec Compared," Montreal, April 18, 1992.
29. "Citizens' Organizations
in Canada," Paper presented at the University of Windsor and the
University of Western Ontario, Political Economy Seminar, November 20 and 21,
1990.
30. "The State and Canadian
Sport Policy." Paper presented to the Conference: After the Dubin Inquiry,
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, September 28, 1990.
31. "Multiculturalism and the
State: Probing the Funding Nexus." Paper presented at the Tenth Biennial
Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Conference, October 18-21, 1989, Calgary,
Alberta.
32. "Developing the Canadian
Identity: The Role of the State." Paper presented to the John F. Kennedy
Institut fur Nordamerikastudien, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, FRG, 22 May
1989.
33. "The Secretary of State of
Canada: Themes and Problems." Paper presented to the Department of
Political Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 9 March 1989.
34. "Canada's Secretary of
State and Modern Citizens' Interest Groups." Paper presented to the
Department of Political Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, 18
November 1988.
35. "The Morgentaler
Decision." Public lecture delivered at St. Francis Xavier University,
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 18 November 1988.
36. "Bureaucratic Patronage
and the Canadian State." Paper presented to the Departement de science politique,
Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, 10 November 1988.
37. "The State and Identity:
Theorizing the Canadian Case." Paper presented to the Department of
Political Science, University of Toronto, as part of its Distinguished Speakers
Series, Toronto, Ontario, 4 November 1988.
38. "Beyond the Porkbarrel:
Explorations of Canada's Secretary of State." Paper presented to the
Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 3
November 1988.
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