Canadian Public Administration articles from September 2008

Canadian Public Administration archives from September 2008

Models of funding and reimbursement in health care: a conceptual framework.
September 1, 2008... What is the best way to pay providers to deliver health services? The research evidence strongly suggests that there is no single answer; rather, one must consider the incentives and disincentives inherent in alternative health-care funding...

Re-thinking local autonomy: perceptions from four rural municipalities.
September 1, 2008... Led by the larger urban municipalities, Canadian cities have started to reevaluate their functions, finances and powers (Keil and Young 2003). This reevaluation has shaped a new reform agenda that aims to establish a "formal statutory and...

Racial inequality in employment in Canada: Empirical analysis and emerging trends.
September 1, 2008... Racial diversity in Canada's population and workforce continues to increase. Census data show that the visible minority population has almost tripled within two decades. It grew from 4.7 per cent in 1981 to 13.4 per cent in 2001. Similarly, the...

Municipal shared service collaboration in the Alberta Capital Region: the case of recreation.
September 1, 2008... Why do municipalities engage in local governmental cooperation and, more specifically, in shared services arrangements (SSAs) to provide certain municipal services? (1) This question is becoming increasingly relevant. Despite a substantial body...

When markets fail to deliver: an examination of the privatization and de-privatization of water and wastewater services delivery in Hamilton, Canada.
September 1, 2008... The rise in the early 1980s of "New Public Management" (NPM) and its faith in markets led governments to search for alternative methods in the delivery of public services. The fundamental philosophy of NPM was that governments should re-think...

What gets done and why: implementing the recommendations of public inquiries.
September 1, 2008... Public inquiries are often the instrument of choice when governments decide to re-think their approach to large issues, yet there has been little empirical research on how effective they are. That is, do governments actually implement the...

The Politics of CANDU Exports.(Book review)
September 1, 2008... The Politics of CANDU Exports By DUANE BRATT. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. Pp. xv, 319, bibliographical references, index. "Nuclear" is making a come-back. Organizations representing the nuclear industry in the U.S. have been...

Becoming a Citizen: Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada.(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Becoming a Citizen: Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada By IRENE BLOEMRAAD. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2006. Pp. 369, bibliographical references, index. The deep cultural and economic ties...

Cities in Transition: Growth, Change and Governance in Six Metropolitan Areas.
September 1, 2008... Cities in Transition: Growth, Change and Governance in Six Metropolitan Areas By NIRMALA RAO. London and New York: Routledge. 2007. Pp. xi, 193, bibliographical references, index. Cities in Transition is a fine book by an urban scholar who...

Canada's Trial Courts: Two Tiers or One?(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Canada's Trial Courts: Two Tiers or One? Edited by PETER H. RUSSELL. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2007. Pp. x, 283. This is a book with a mission: to add momentum to the movement for change to the structure of the Canadian...

Two Cheers for Minority Government: The Evolution of Canadian Parliamentary Democracy.(Book review)
September 1, 2008... Two Cheers for Minority Government: The Evolution of Canadian Parliamentary Democracy By PETER H. RUSSELL. Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications. 2008. Pp. xi, 184, index. Peter Russell has written an old-fashioned polemic--a political...

L'approche systemique de la gestion des ressources humaines. Le contrat psychologique des relations d'emploi dans les administrations publiques du XXIe siecle.(Book review)
September 1, 2008... L'approche systemique de la gestion des ressources humaines. Le contrat psychologique des relations d'emploi dans les administrations publiques du XXIe siecle. DE LOUISE LEMIRE ET GAETAN MARTEL. Quebec: Presses de l'Universite du Quebec. 2007....