LEADER 03233oam 22006854a 450 001 9910140822803321 005 20230621135327.0 010 $a0-7766-2719-8 010 $a1-280-69050-X 010 $a9786613667441 010 $a0-7766-1777-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000037420 035 $a(EBL)565328 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478196 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11280425 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478196 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10417512 035 $a(PQKB)10420426 035 $a(CaPaEBR)430574 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224484 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268506 035 $a(OCoLC)654781324 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5798 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC565328 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-uop-1663 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/44635 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/wf0n9z 035 $a(PPN)204524164 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000037420 100 $a20080704d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn#nnn||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDefending a Contested Ideal$eMerit and the Public Service Commission, 1908?2008 /$fLuc Juillet and Ken Rasmussen 210 $cLes Presses de l?Université d?Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press$d2008 210 1$aOttawa :$cUniversity of Ottawa Press,$d2008 210 4$d©2008 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) 225 0 $aGovernance series,$x1487-3052 300 $aIssued also in French under title: A? la de?fense d'un ide?al conteste?. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction. Democratic Government, Merit and the Public Service Commission of Canada -- Ch. 1. Origins of the Public Service Commission: 1867-1918 -- Ch. 2. Creating a Merit System: 1918-1944 -- Ch. 3. Rethinking the CSC: Gordon, Heeney and Glassco: 1945-1967 -- Ch. 4. Management Assault on the Public Service Commission: 1967-1979 -- Ch. 5. Struggling to Defend Political Neutrality: 1979-2006 -- Ch. 6. PSC as a Cautious Reformer: Staffing Reforms during the Mulroney Years: 1984-1993 -- Ch. 7. Merit as the Essential Mandate: Repositioning the PSC: 1993-2008. 330 $aIn 1908, after decades of struggling with a public administration undermined by systemic patronage, the Canadian parliament decided that public servants would be selected on the basis of merit, through a system administered by an independent agency: the Public Service Commission of Canada. This history, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Commission, recounts its unique contribution to the development of an independent public service, which has become a pillar of Canadian parliamentary democracy. 410 0$aGovernance series. 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aCanadian Parliament 610 $apublic service 610 $acommission 610 $ademocracy 676 $a352.260971 700 $aJuillet$b Luc$f1969-$0893103 702 $aLuc Juillet$4auth 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910140822803321 996 $aDefending a contested ideal$91994784 997 $aUNINA