Deputy Ministers in Canada : : Comparative and Jurisdictional Perspectives /

Deputy Ministers in Canada : : Comparative and Jurisdictional Perspectives / / Jacques Bourgault, Christopher Dunn.

Collectively, provincial deputy ministers command the largest assembly of government budgets, employees, and influence in Canada, but despite their importance, they have not been the subject of systematic study until now. This unique volume, which deals with a uniquely significant topic, reviews the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Pilot 2014-2015
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Bourgault, Jacques,
Dunn, Christopher,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2014
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (480 p.) :; 48 figures
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Introduction
  • 1. Deputy Ministers in Newfoundland and Labrador: From Guardians to Managers
  • 2. Deputy Ministers in Nova Scotia: The Influence of New Public Governance on Nova Scotia's First NDP Government
  • 3. Deputy Ministers in Prince Edward Island: Professionalism, Policymaking, and Patronage
  • 4. New Brunswick's Deputy Ministers: Out of the Ordinary and Close to the Premier
  • 5. Quebec Deputy Ministers: Accent on Program and Service Delivery in Times of Scarcity
  • 6. From "Gurus" to Chief Executives? The Contestable Transformation of Ontario's Deputy Ministers, 1971 to 2007
  • 7. More Than Nobodies, but Not the Powers behind the Throne: The Role of Deputy Ministers in Manitoba
  • 8. Saskatchewan's Deputy Ministers: Political Executives or Public Servants?
  • 9. Alberta Deputy Ministers: The Management of Change
  • 10. Government Transitions, Leadership Succession, and Executive Turnover in British Columbia, 1996-2006
  • 11. Comparative Analysis of Stability and Mobility of the Canadian Provincial Bureaucratic Elite, 1987-2007
  • 12. A Canada-Wide Survey of Deputy and Assistant Deputy Ministers: A Descriptive Analysis
  • 13. Federal Deputy Ministers: Serial Servers Looking for Influence
  • 14. Public Sector Executive Compensation in a Time of Restraint
  • Conclusion: Deputy Ministers in Canada - Evolution of Deputy Ministers as Archetypal Figures
  • Contributors

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