The Canadian Public Service: A Physiology of Government 1867-1970

John Hodgetts

Published by University of Toronto Press 1973

The Canadian Public Service

A Physiology of Government 1867-1970

John Hodgetts

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487599485

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This book examines the Canadian Public Service, concluding that all of our public organizations, the public service has proven the most responsive to the forces of change, but that it has been so caught up in structural and managerial adaptation that its capacity to concern itself with substantive policy issues has been subverted.

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Hodgetts John :

John E. Hodgetts (1917-2009) was a Canadian political scientist who is considered the father of public administration studies in Canada. He started teaching political science at the University of Toronto in 1943, where he remained a professor emeritus until his death.

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'This volume, like Hodgetts' other works, will stand as a basic source for a long time to come. Recommended for all academic libraries.'

'This is a rare achievement in Canadian political analysis ... What Hodgetts has presented is an essential base for any serious student of public policy and management in Canada ... Professor Hodgetts has also provided leads, and even beginnings, to a long list of issues which need exploration ..."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Chronological perspective of Canadian Public Departments, 1867-1972 Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
PART ONE: ENVIRONMENT AND STRUCTURE
CHAPTER ONE. Social purpose and structural response Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER TWO. The public service and the powerful persuaders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
CHAPTER THREE. The political system Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
CHAPTER FOUR. The legal foundations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
PART TWO: DESIGN FOR OPERATIONS
CHAPTER FIVE. Allocation of programmes: the departmental rubric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
CHAPTER SIX. Allocation of programmes: the guiding principles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
CHAPTER SEVEN. Structural heretics: the nondepartmental forms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
CHAPTER EIGHT. Internal division of labour: devolution and the hierarchy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
CHAPTER NINE. Buttresses f or the hierarchy: auxiliary and staff functions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
CHAPTER TEN. The geographical dispersal of work Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
PART THREE: DESIGN FOR MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Treasury Board: cabinet's management arm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
CHAPTER TWELVE. The Public Service Commission: the ambivalence of central personnel management Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Departmental management: responsibility without authority Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Employees of the public service: the neglected managerial link Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	310
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1973
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 382
Illustrations
- Other: figures, charts throughout

eBook

Published: December 15, 1973
ISBN: 9781487599485