Searching for Leadership: Secretaries to Cabinet in Canada

Published by University of Toronto Press 2008

Searching for Leadership

Secretaries to Cabinet in Canada

Edited by: Patrice Dutil

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442689091

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About this book

The first book to examine the evolving role and leadership of the highest-ranking public servant in Ottawa or in any of Canada's Provinces and Territories, the Secretary to Cabinet, or the "Clerk."

Author / Editor information

Dutil Patrice :

Patrice Dutil is an associate professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Part One: Leadership in Question
1. Searching for Leadership Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. Clerks and Secretaries to Cabinet: Anatomy of Leadership Jacques Bourgault Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Part Two: Leadership in Transformation
3. Clerk as Révélateur: A Panoramic View Ruth Hubbard and Gilles Paquet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
4. Capacity, Complexity, and Leadership: Secretaries to Cabinet and Ontario’s Project of Modernization at the Centre Bryan Evans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
5. The Secretary to the Cabinet in Saskatchewan: Evolution of the Role, 1944–2006 Gregory P. Marchildon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Part Three: Leaders in Action
6. ‘Super Diplomat and Super Expediter’: Wes Bolstad as Cabinet Secretary in Saskatchewan, 1973–9 Ken Rasmussen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
7. Leviathan Awakes: Harry Hobbs and the Rise of Alberta Keith Brownsey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
8. Leadership and Province Building: Guy Coulombe in Quebec Luc Bernier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Conclusion: The Options and Futures of Secretaries to Cabinet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 224

eBook

Published: December 31, 2008
ISBN: 9781442689091