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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819386603321

Autore

Malloy Jonathan <1970->

Titolo

Between colliding worlds : the ambiguous existence of government agencies for Aboriginal and women's policy / / Jonathan Malloy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-282-02321-7

9786612023217

1-4426-7131-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance

Disciplina

323.1/197071

Soggetti

Indian women - Government policy - Canada

Indians of North America - Canada - Government rleations

Administrative agencies - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

Sommario/riassunto

Relying heavily on interviews with public servants and external activists, Malloy argues convincingly that special policy agencies, despite - or because of - their ambiguous relationship to different communities, make critical contributions to governance.