Defending a Contested Ideal
Juillet, Luc,
Defending a Contested Ideal Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908:2008 - University of Ottawa Press 2008 - 1 online resource (264 pages) - Governance Series .
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.
Bureaucracy Canada Civil Service Public Servant Public Service Commission
Defending a Contested Ideal Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908:2008 - University of Ottawa Press 2008 - 1 online resource (264 pages) - Governance Series .
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.
Bureaucracy Canada Civil Service Public Servant Public Service Commission