01907nam 22004933a 450 991084202580332120250204001015.097866136674419781280690501128069050X978077662719907766271989780776617770077661777X9780776606842077660684010.26530/OAPEN_578766(CKB)30892148200041(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/wf0n9z(ScCtBLL)0fa0cbec-caf1-45f7-9898-18196ce929c3(OCoLC)1163825732(EXLCZ)993089214820004120250204i20082020 uu engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDefending a Contested IdealLuc Juillet, Ken Rasmussen[s.l.] :University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa,2008.1 online resource (1 p.)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.Political SciencebisacshPolitical sciencePolitical SciencePolitical science.Juillet Luc1717301Rasmussen KenScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910842025803321Defending a Contested Ideal4321279UNINA