Government Restructuring and Career Public Service in Canada
Edited by: Evert A. Lindquist
Institute of Public Administration of Canada (c) 2000
Pages: 536
ISBN 0-920715-92-3
Canadians rely on public service institutions to design public policy and deliver services across the country. But the last two decades have seen remarkable change for those who work inside these institutions. Governments have sought to reduce deficits, increase transparency, and find new ways to deliver services to citizens.
This - in addition to demographic pressures and relentless technological change - has posed challenges to the traditional precepts of "career public service" such as life-long service, political neutrality, and merit-based systems. What elements of our traditional understandings of public-service practices should we retain? Have we started to experiment with new models of career public service?
This volume reviews the evolution of career public service in federal, provincial, and territorial governments through a stimulating combination of case studies and comparative analysis.
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