Table of Contents

* Indicates new chapter
Christopher Dunn: Introduction
Part 1: The Organizational Dimension
1: Evert A. Lindquist: Surveying the Public Administration Landscape: Frameworks, Narratives, and Contours *
2: Gregory Tardi: Departments and Other Institutions of Government
3: Henry L. Molot: The Public Service of Canada *
4: Alan Gilmore: The Canadian Accounting Officer: Has it Strengthened Parliament's Ability to Hold the Government to Account? *
5: Christopher Dunn: The Central Executive in the Canadian Government: Searching for the Holy Grail
6: Paul G. Thomas: Parliament and the Public Service
7: Carl Baar and Ian Greene: Judicial Administration
Part 2: The Human Resources Dimension
8: Evert A. Lindquist: Public Administration Research and Organization Theory: Recovering Alternative Perspectives on Public Service Institutions *
9: Nan Weiner: Workplace Equity: Human Rights, Employment, and Pay Equity
10: Morley Gunderson and Robert Hebdon: Collective Bargaining and Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector
11: Morley Gunderson: Compensation in the Public Sector
Part 3: Changing Visions of Public Administration
12: Alasdair Roberts: A Fragile State: Federal Public Administration in the Twentieth Century
13: Kathy L. Brock, Matthew P.J. Burbidge, and John L. Nater: A Resilient State: The Federal Public Service, Challenges, Paradoxes, and a New Vision for the Twenty-First Century *
14: David Zussman: Alternative Service Delivery in Canada
15: Lorne Sossin: Democratic Administration
Part 4: Changing Expectations of Government
16: Ken Kernaghan: East Block and Westminster: Conventions, Values, and Public Service
17: Bryan Evans and John Shields: The Third Sector and the Provision of Public Good: Partnerships, Contracting, and the Neo-liberal State
18: Caroline Andrew: Women and the Public Sector
19: Robert Shepherd: First Nations and the Public Sector: Understanding Accountability and its Impacts on Governance Relationships *
20: Annis May Timpson: Inuit Approaches to Public Governance, Public Administration, and Public Policy in Nunavut *
21: Lorne Sossin: Bureaucratic Independence *
Part 5: The Policy Dimension
22: Michael Howlett: The Policy Process
23: Richard Simeon: Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
24: Christopher Dunn: The Federal Spending Power
25: Andrew Sancton and Scott Sams: Provincial and Local Public Administration
Part 6: The Management Dimension
26: David A. Good: Budgeting in Canada: Beyond Spenders and Guardians *
27: Andrew Graham: Budgets, Budgeting, and Control in the Public Sector Context *
28: Jacques Bourgault: The Role of Deputy Ministers in Canadian Government
29: David C.G. Brown: Information Technology and Canadian Public Administration *
Christopher Dunn: Conclusion
Index

About the Author

Christopher Dunn is a professor of political science at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he teaches Canadian politics and public administration.