Political Science Commentary & Opinion
Profession
Public Servant
- Publisher
- Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2021
- Category
- Commentary & Opinion, Essays, Comparative Politics
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889701304
- Publish Date
- Nov 2021
- List Price
- $17.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780776638553
- Publish Date
- Aug 2022
- List Price
- $18.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780776638577
- Publish Date
- Aug 2022
- List Price
- $56.85
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Description
Profession: Public Servant offers glimpses into the federal government’s corridors of power during a decade of profound change and underscores the importance of learning for individuals, groups, and organizations in today’s fast-paced world. It sets out a former deputy minister’s take on the “burden of office” of the role and in the difficulties of staying out of one ditch—excessive concern with safeguarding a few key principles—without sliding into another—being too anxious to please or too tempted to put personal interests first. The story emphasizes the constructive contribution of experience and imagination, especially when it is enriched by on-the-job reflection.
About the author
Ruth Hubbard is a senior fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa, and a senior partner of INVENIRE. She is the author of Profession: Public servant (INVENIRE Press, 2009) and co-author of Gomery's Blinders and Canadian Federalism (University of Ottawa Press, 2007).