Canadian Public Administration articles from December 2005

Canadian Public Administration archives from December 2005

Distinguishing the real from the surreal in management reform: suggestions for beleaguered administrators in the government of Canada.
December 22, 2005... We have both served in various capacities in central agencies and line departments and recall the debates we had as deputy ministers over the most effective way to design centrally-generated rules to govern public administration in the...

Quelle place pour les provinces canadiennes dans les organisations et les negociations internationales du Canada a la lumiere des pratiques au sein d'autres federations?
December 22, 2005... Depuis longtemps, le gouvernement federal affirme detenir la competence exclusive des relations internationales. (1) Or dans la pratique il en va autrement. Dans les faits, il n'existe au Canada aucune reconnaissance constitutionnelle du...

Lawyers, trees and money: British Columbia forest policy and the convergence of international and domestic trade considerations.
December 22, 2005... Softwood lumber in Canada is a sectoral issue driven by both international and domestic dynamics. Domestically, the government of British Columbia maintains significant control of timber policy as a result of provincial land ownership,...

Coping with Canadian federalism: the case of the Federation of Canadian municipalities.
December 22, 2005... In the mid-1960s, John Meisel and Vincent Lemieux studied the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities (CFMM) as part of the research completed for the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. (1) They examined how CFMM was...

Alternative service delivery in the natural resources sector: an examination of Ontario's forestry compliance self-inspection system.
December 22, 2005... Following the 1995 provincial election, the province of Ontario experimented widely with a variety Alternative Service Delivery (ASD) arrangements as part of an overall move towards "New Public Management" approaches to the delivery of public...

The vanier medal/La medaille vanier.
December 22, 2005... The Institute of Public Administration of Canada awards annually a gold medal as a mark of distinction and exceptional achievement to a person who, in the opinion of a panel of independent judges, has shown distinctive leadership in public...

The Institute of Public Administration of Canada/L'Institut d'administration publique du Canada recipients of vanier medal/ recipiendaires de la medaille vanier.
December 22, 2005... NOTE: Positions shown are those occupied when the Medal was awarded. Lors de la remise de la medaille, les recipiendaires occupaient les postes ci-dessous. 1962 DR. H.L. KEENLEYSIDE Chairman, British Columbia Power Commission/President...

Diminished Democracy: From Membership to Management in Civic American Life.(Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations)(Book review)
December 22, 2005... By THEDA SKOCPOL. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 2003. Pp. 384. $29.95. ISBN 0-8061-3532-8. Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations By BARRY DYM and HARRY HUTSON. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing. Pp. 248. Bibliography and...

Psychologie du Travail et Comportement Organisationnel, 2e ed.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... De SHIMON L. DOLAN, ERIC GOSSELIN, JULES CARRIERE, GERALD LAMOUREUX. Montreal : Gaetan Morin editeur et Cheneliere education. Pp. 504. Les valeurs organisationnelles changent et sont actuellement tournees vers une valorisation des elements...

Current Directions in Financial Regulation: Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by the John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Queen's University.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Edited by FRANK MILNE and EDWIN H. NEAVE. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. 2005. Pp. 248. $29.95 (paper); $75.00 (cloth) This volume makes available the proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Financial...

Almost Home: Reforming Home and Community Care in Ontario.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Almost Home: Reforming Home and Community Care in Ontario By PATRICIA M. BARANEK, RAISA B. DEBER, and A. PAUL WILLIAMS. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2004. Pp. 340. $65.00 (cloth) Home care was touted as the next essential...

Sisyphe et le Financement de l'Etat.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Sisyphe et le financement de l'Etat De PIERRE P. TREMBLAY. Sainte-Foy (Quebec) : Presses de l'Universite du Quebec. 2005. ISBN 2-7605-1350-5 Le financement de l'Etat est a notre epoque une activite d'envergure d'une grande complexite....

Governing Education.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Governing Education By BENJAMIN LEVIN. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2005. Pp. 222. $55.00 (cloth) $24.95 (paper) If a realist is an idealist with experience, Ben Levin is the consummate realist. Levin, an educator currently...