Defending a Contested Ideal : Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908-2008
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 hist...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press
2008
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
MARC
| LEADER | 00000naaaa2200000uu 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | doab_20_500_12854_44635 | ||
| 005 | 20210211 | ||
| 003 | oapen | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr|mn|---annan | ||
| 008 | 20210211s2008 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780776627199 | ||
| 040 | |a oapen |c oapen | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 042 | |a dc | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Ken Rasmussen |4 auth | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Luc Juillet |4 auth | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Defending a Contested Ideal : Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908-2008 |
| 260 | |b Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press |c 2008 | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 506 | 0 | |a Open Access |2 star |f Unrestricted online access | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 540 | |a All rights reserved |4 http://oapen.org/content/about-rights | ||
| 546 | |a English | ||
| 653 | |a Canadian Parliament | ||
| 653 | |a public service | ||
| 653 | |a commission | ||
| 653 | |a democracy | ||
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |a www.oapen.org |u http://books.openedition.org/uop/1663 |7 0 |z DOAB: download the publication |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |a www.oapen.org |u https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/44635 |7 0 |z DOAB: description of the publication |