Professionalism and Public Service : : Essays in Honour of Kenneth Kernaghan /

Professionalism and Public Service : : Essays in Honour of Kenneth Kernaghan / / ed. by David Siegel, Kenneth Rasmussen.

Representing the leading scholars in the field, Professionalism and Public Service assesses the state of public administration in Canada while also moving the discipline forward both as a profession and an academic discipline.The contributors to this volume trace the evolution of public administrati...

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MitwirkendeR:
Aucoin, Peter,
Berardi, Jennifer,
Borins, Sandford,
Bourgault, Jacques,
Brown, David,
Duggett, Michael,
Dutil, Patrice,
Good, David A.,
Gow, J. I.,
Johns, Carolyn,
Lindquist, Evert,
Marson, Brian,
McConkey, Michael,
Parent, Esther,
Rasmussen, Ken,
Siegel, David,
Thomas, Paul G.,
Wake Carroll, Barbara,
HerausgeberIn:
Rasmussen, Kenneth,
Siegel, David,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2008
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction Kenneth Kernaghan: Values, Ethics, and Canadian Public Administration
  • PART I. The Evolution of Traditional Institutions
  • Introduction
  • 1 New Public Management and New Public Governance: Finding the Balance
  • 2 The Swirling Meanings and Practices of Accountability in Canadian Government
  • 3 An Ideal Model in a Practical World: The Continuous Revisiting of Political Neutrality and Ministerial Responsibility
  • 4 Fifteen Years of Privatization: Kenneth Kernaghan as Editor of the International Review of Administrative Sciences (1990-2005)
  • PART II. The Public Service
  • Introduction
  • 5 Between Ideals and Obedience: A Practical Basis for Public Service Ethics
  • 6 In Kernaghan's Wake: Navigating the Choppier Seas of Commitment in Public Administration
  • 7 Inspiring Exemplary Practices in Canada: Ken Kernaghan's Contribution to Professionalism, Pride, and Recognition
  • PART III. Service Delivery
  • Introduction
  • 8 E-consultation: Technology at the Interface between Civil Society and Government
  • 9 The Niagara Casinos Partnership: Game of Chance?
  • 10 Citizen-Centred Service in Canada: From Research to Results
  • PART IV. Spreading the Word
  • Introduction
  • 11 The Road to NGO: The Transformation of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1985-95
  • 12 Is There a Gulf between Theory and Practice in Public Administration Journals? Can It Be Overcome?
  • 13 Case Studies and the Case Study Method in Canadian Public Administration
  • Short Biography and Selected Publications of Kenneth Kernaghan
  • Contributors

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