Defending a Contested Ideal

Ken Rasmussen, Luc Juillet

ISBN 10: 0776606840 / ISBN 13: 9780776606842

Published by University of Ottawa Press, CA, 2008

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In 1908, after decades of struggling with a public administration undermined by systemic patronage, the Canadian parliament decided that public servants would be selected on the basis of merit, through a system administered by an independent agency: the Public Service Commission of Canada. This history, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Commission, recounts its unique contribution to the development of an independent public service, which has become a pillar of Canadian parliamentary democracy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Defending a Contested Ideal
• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press, CA
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0776606840
• ISBN 13: 9780776606842
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In 1908, after decades of struggling with a public administration undermined by systemic patronage, the Canadian parliament decided that public servants would be selected on the basis of merit, through a system administered by an independent agency: the Public Service Commission of Canada.

This history, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Commission, recounts its unique contribution to the development of an independent public service, which has become a pillar of Canadian parliamentary democracy.

Published in English.

About the Author

Luc Juillet enseigne l'administration publique, les institutions démocratiques et la politique environnementale à l'École supérieure d'affaires publiques et internationales, dont il fut d'ailleurs le premier directeur. En 2012, il occupa le poste de professeur invité à la School of Social and Political Sciences de l'Université de Melbourne en Australie. Un spécialiste de l'administration et des politiques publiques, il a publié des travaux sur diverses questions, telles que les politiques environnementales, la gestion des urgences, la réforme de l'administration publique et les règles d'éthique dans le secteur public.