The Handbook of Canadian Public Administration

The Handbook of Canadian Public Administration is a comprehensive analysis of public management and government in Canada today. With contributions from thirty-one leading Canadian scholars and specialists in the field, the text exposes students to key issues in public administration frompublic service to workplace equity. The new second edition offers the most relevant and up-to-date coverage available, making it essential reading for both students and practitioners of Canadian public administration.

Christopher Dunn is Professor of Political Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, where he teaches Canadian politics and public administration.

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