Defending a Contested Ideal
Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908-2008
- Publisher
- Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2008
- Category
- General, Public Affairs & Administration
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780776606842
- Publish Date
- Sep 2008
- List Price
- $30.00
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Description
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.
Published in English.
About the authors
Luc Juillet est directeur de l’École supérieure d’affaires publiques et internationales à l’Université d’Ottawa.
Ken Rasmussen is director of the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Regina.