Executive Styles in Canada : : Cabinet Structures and Leadership Practices in Canadian Government / / ed. by Luc Bernier, Keith Brownsey, Michael Howlett.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bernier, Luc,; Brownsey, Keith,; Buker, Peter E.,; Dunn, Christopher,; Glenn, Ted,; Grace, Joan,; Howlett, Michael,; Hyson, Stewart,; Johnson, David,; Marchildon, Gregory P.,; Rasmussen, Ken,; Ruff, Norman J.,; Savoie, Donald J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Bernier, Luc,; Brownsey, Keith,; Howlett, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Canada?s political regime is centred on the existence of a federal system of government within the institutions of Westminster parliamentary democracy. This system places a great deal of political power in the hands of cabinet ministers, and while cabinet systems of government in Canada have evolved at different speeds in different federal and provincial governments, they have, over the last two decades, increased centralization of administrative and legislative control in ever fewer hands.This shift has been well demonstrated by scholars such as Donald J. Savoie regarding the federal system, but little examined in the context of provincial governance. Executive Styles in Canada places equal emphasis on both levels, explaining how and in what way cabinet systems have conformed to or diverged from this general pattern. This unique collection is the only systematic, cross-provincial study of its kind, and is certain to be of great benefit to anyone interested in the structure of government in Canada.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Part I. INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1. Modern Canadian Governance: Political-Administrative Styles and Executive Organization in Canada -- Part II. THE FEDERAL CABINET -- Chapter 2. The Federal Government: Revisiting Court Government in Canada -- Part III. PROVINCIAL CABINETS -- Chapter 3. The Persistence of the Institutionalized Cabinet: The Central Executive in Newfoundland and Labrador -- Chapter 4. Governing from the Centre in New Brunswick -- Chapter 5. Premierial Governance: The System of Executive Power in Nova Scotia -- Chapter 6. The Executive Administrative Style in Prince Edward Island: Managerial and Spoils Politics -- Chapter 7. Who Governs in Quebec? Revolving Premiers and Reforms -- Chapter 8. Politics, Personality, and History in Ontario's Administrative Style -- Chapter 9. Cabinet Structure and Executive Style in Manitoba -- Chapter 10. Saskatchewan's Executive Decision-Making Style: The Centrality of Planning -- Chapter 11. The Post-Institutionalized Cabinet: The Administrative Style of Alberta -- Chapter 12. The West Annex: Executive Structure and Administrative Style in British Columbia -- Part IV. CONCLUSION -- Chapter 13. Conclusion: Executive Institutional Development in Canada's Provinces -- Notes -- Contributors