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Governing from the Centre: The Concentration of Power in Canadian Politics - Couverture souple

Savoie, Donald

 
9780802082527: Governing from the Centre: The Concentration of Power in Canadian Politics
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0802082521 ISBN 13 : 9780802082527
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 1999

Synopsis

Redefined during the past thirty years, the centre of government currently extends itself further than ever before. Central governmental agencies are 'where the rubber meets the road', where public service meets politics, and policy becomes reality. So who's driving this car? Agencies such as the Privy Council Office, the Finance Department, and the Treasury Board exert their influence horizontally, deciding how policy is made and how money gets spent According to Donald Savoie, these organizations, instituted to streamline Ottawa's planning processes, instead telescope power to the Prime Minister and weaken the influence of ministers, the traditional line departments, and even parliament, without contributing to more rational and coherent policy-making.

This is scholarship at its best: rigorous and riveting. The government operates as a combination of known procedures and the more elusive subtleties of human relationships and unspoken codes of behaviour. Donald Savoie's long-time involvement in government affairs allows him to read through the surface of the results of his extensive research-which included several interviews with elites-in order to expose all the levels of power at play. Indispensable reading for students of politics, public policy, and public administration, Ottawa watchers, journalists, lobbyists, and civil servants who want to know what is really going on.

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À propos de l'auteur

Donald J. Savoie holds a Canada Research Chair in Public Administration and Governance at l'Université de Moncton.

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Éditeur
University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0802082521
ISBN 13 
9780802082527
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
480
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
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