LEADER 01907nam 22004933a 450 001 9910842025803321 005 20250204001015.0 010 $a9786613667441 010 $a9781280690501 010 $a128069050X 010 $a9780776627199 010 $a0776627198 010 $a9780776617770 010 $a077661777X 010 $a9780776606842 010 $a0776606840 024 8 $a10.26530/OAPEN_578766 035 $a(CKB)30892148200041 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/wf0n9z 035 $a(ScCtBLL)0fa0cbec-caf1-45f7-9898-18196ce929c3 035 $a(OCoLC)1163825732 035 $a(EXLCZ)9930892148200041 100 $a20250204i20082020 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aDefending a Contested Ideal$fLuc Juillet, Ken Rasmussen 210 1$a[s.l.] :$cUniversity of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (1 p.) 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. 606 $aPolitical Science$2bisacsh 606 $aPolitical science 615 7$aPolitical Science 615 0$aPolitical science. 700 $aJuillet$b Luc$01717301 702 $aRasmussen$b Ken 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910842025803321 996 $aDefending a Contested Ideal$94321279 997 $aUNINA