Canadian Public Administration articles from March 2007

Canadian Public Administration archives from March 2007

Effecting change and transformation through regionalization: theory versus practice.(Author abstract)
March 22, 2007... Introduction Despite important regional changes in a number of policy fields and pressure to go much further in this direction, I will argue that it is a mistake to assume that these kinds of changes are either new or inevitable. History...

Formal and informal dimensions of intergovernmental administrative relations in Canada.
March 22, 2007... Introduction Hundreds of meetings each year, millions of dollars' worth of agreements negotiated monthly, countless of informal contacts, and a varied and complex intergovernmental machinery--this is the nature of intergovernmental...

The American distortion of the ombudsman concept and its influence on Canada.
March 22, 2007... Canada has been greatly influenced by American versions of the ombudsman concept. This is so because in the same year, 1967, the state and provincial legislatures in United States and Canada began creating independent ombudsman offices to...

Les gestionnaires de l'ombre: les directeurs de cabinets ministeriels quebecois.
March 22, 2007... Le mystere entourant les cabinets ministeriels Les cabinets ministeriels regroupent le personnel qui travaille dans l'environnement immediat des ministres. (2) Leurs fonctions multiples peuvent se resumer a appuyer le ministre dans ses...

Making the least of our differences? Trends in local economic development in Ontario and Michigan, 1990-2005.
March 22, 2007... This paper examines trends in local economic development policies in Canadian and us cities over the past fifteen years. Using data drawn from surveys conducted at four points in time--1990, 1994, 2001, and 2005--the study allows for a...

Responding to the global tobacco industry: Canada and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
March 22, 2007... Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death throughout the world, resulting in 4.9 million tobacco-related deaths per year) Major cigarette brands from multinational tobacco companies account for over 75 per cent of all worldwide...

First Nations and the Canadian State: In Search of Coexistence.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... First Nations and the Canadian State: In Search of Coexistence By ALAN C. CAIRNS. Kingston: Institute of Intergovernmental Relations. School of Policy Studies, Queen's University. Pp. xiv, 85, bibliographical references. In my time in the...

Forging Alberta's Constitutional Framework.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Forging Alberta's Constitutional Framework Edited by RICHARD CONNERS and JOHN M. LAW. Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press. 2005. Pp. ix, 538, bibliographical references, index. In the decade following the acrimonious...

Re-imagining Policing in Canada.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Re-imagining Policing in Canada Edited by DENNIS COOLEY. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2005. Pp. 337, bibliographical references. Re-imagining Policing in Canada comprises six papers by thirteen authors, including public safety...

Rules, Rules, Rules, Rules: Multilevel Regulatory Governance.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Rules, Rules, Rules, Rules: Multilevel Regulatory Governance Edited by G. BRUCE DOERN and ROBERT JOHNSON. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2006. Pp xi, 372 pp, bibliographical references. Of all the functions of governments, the...

Inside the Mosaic.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Inside the Mosaic Edited by ERIC FONG. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2006. Pp. vii, 260. Eric Fong has brought together a group of studies about the immigrant experience in Toronto. The title refers, of course, to John...

Public Ethics and Governance: Standards and Practices in Comparative Perspective.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Public Ethics and Governance: Standards and Practices in Comparative Perspective Edited by DENIS SAINT-MARTIN and FRED THOMPSON. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 2006. Pp. vii. 288, index. Ethics is all the rage these days. The new biology and the...

Refugee Sandwich: Stories of Exile and Asylum.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Refugee Sandwich: Stories of Exile and Asylum By PETER SHOWLER. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, Pp. 256. When I was asked to review this book I immediately accepted. After two and a half years as a member of the...