Comparing sub-national policy workers in Canada and the Czech Republic: Who are they, what they do, and why it matters?Footnote^*

* The work of Arnoš Veselý was supported by the Czech Science Foundation Grant (P404/12/0725). The work of Adam Wellstead was in part supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The authors would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.

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