Defending a Contested Ideal

Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908-2008

By Luc Juillet and Ken Rasmussen

Defending a Contested Ideal

  • Available (September 2008)
  • Paper $30.00 CAD
    978-0-7766-0684-2
    264 pages . 5 x 8
  • PDF ebook $14.99 CAD
    978-0-7766-1777-0
  • ePub ebook $14.99 CAD
    978-0-7766-1825-8

Description

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.

Author Bio

Luc Juillet is director of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.

Ken Rasmussen is director of the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Regina.

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