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Malloy Jonathan <1970-> |
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Between colliding worlds : the ambiguous existence of government agencies for aboriginal and women's policy / / Jonathan Malloy |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2003 |
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©2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-02321-7 |
9786612023217 |
1-4426-7131-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (228 p.) |
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Collana |
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IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indian women - Government policy - Canada |
Indians of North America - Canada - Government rleations |
Administrative agencies - Canada |
Electronic books. |
Canada Social policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Special Policy Agencies -- 3. The Colliding Worlds -- 4. Political Change and the Ontario Women's Directorate -- 5. Aboriginal Policy Agencies in Ontario and British Columbia -- 6. Special Policy Agencies under New Public Management -- 7. The Permanent Ambiguity of Special Policy Agencies -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Jonathan Malloy's Between Colliding Worlds examines the relationship between governments and external activists through a comparative study of policy units dedicated to aboriginal and women's issues in Australia and Canada. Malloy identifies these units ? or 'special policy agencies' ? as sitting on the boundary between the world of permanent public servants and that of collective social movements working for broad social and political change. These agencies at once represent the interests of social movements to government while simultaneously managing relations with social movements on behalf of government, |
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