What is government good at? : a Canadian answer /

Recent decades have shown the public's support for government plummet alongside political leaders' credibility. This downward spiral calls for an exploration of what has gone wrong. The questions, "What is government good at?" and "What is government not good at?" are c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Savoie, Donald J., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Public administration > Canada.
Federal government > Canada.
Administration publique (Science) > Canada.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Federal government.
Public administration.
Canada.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • part one. The context
  • 2. From parish picnics to Facebook
  • part two. What has changed and what matters in government
  • 3. Institutions under attack
  • 4. Different ways to get what you want
  • 5. Fixing bureaucracy : please mind the gap
  • 6. I could never find the culprit
  • 7. Apologia pro vita sua
  • 8. Inside government
  • 9. Why are things so complicated?
  • 10. Regulations : you can feed the animals
  • part three. Answering the question
  • 11. Good at what?
  • 12. Upstairs, downstairs.

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