Pierre Simard (1954
Québec
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) is a Canadian professor of
social sciences
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who applies
economic theory
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...
to political science.
Career
Born in Québec, Simard received a bachelor's degree in economics (1978), a master's degree in
policy analysis
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(1980) and a Ph.D in political science (1985), from the
Université Laval
(; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...
.
Simard has been a professor at the
École nationale d’administration publique
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* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* Éco ...
(ENAP) since 1984. He started as a Research Professor at the Centre d'études politiques et administratives du Québec (CEPAQ). In 1989, Simard became a regular Professor at the ENAP. He specializes in policy analysis and evaluation of public programs. He has also been a consultant for public and private agencies.
Ideas
Simard defends a liberal vision of the role of the
State
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
. He is a defender of
individual liberties,
free market
In economics, a free market is an economic market (economics), system in which the prices of goods and services are determined by supply and demand expressed by sellers and buyers. Such markets, as modeled, operate without the intervention of ...
and reducing the size of the State. Simard is a specialist of Public Choice: a discipline that applies economic theory to political science. He strongly criticizes public inefficiency through the major Quebec newspapers.
Publications
* BEAUDOIN André, Pierre SIMARD, Daniel TURCOTTE (dir.) (2002) Évaluation des centres de ressources périnatales, Québec, Centre de recherche sur les services communautaires de l'Université Laval.
* BEAUDOIN André, Pierre SIMARD, Daniel TURCOTTE et Jean TURGEON (dir.) (2000). L’éducation familiale en milieu défavorisé : portrait québécois du Programme d'action communautaire pour les enfants, Québec, Éditions Sylvain Harvey, 199 p. (LC37E24.2000)
* COMEAU Yvan, Daniel TURCOTTE, André BEAUDOIN, Pierre SIMARD, Julie CHARTRAND-BEAUREGARD, Marie-Êve HARVEY, Daniel MALTAIS, Claudie SAINT-HILAIRE,. L'économie sociale et le Plan d'action du Sommet sur l'économie et l'emploi, Québec, ENAP et Centre de recherche sur les services communautaires de l'Université Laval, novembre 2000, 337p.
* MARCEAU Richard, Pierre SIMARD (1986). Des élus et des milliards : l'assainissement des eaux usées domestiques au Québec, Québec, CEPAQ, ENAP, 196 p. (JF 1338.B595 8)
External links
* ENAP: http://www.enap.ca/enap/fr/accueil.aspx
* Personal website: http://angledroit.ning.com/profile/PierreSimard
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Canadian political scientists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Université Laval alumni