Defending a Contested Ideal: Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908-2008
Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908–2008
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Affairs & Administration, History, Americas, Canada
| Author: | Luc Juillet, Ken Rasmussen | ISBN: | 9780776618258 |
| Publisher: | University of Ottawa Press | Publication: | September 13, 2008 |
| Imprint: | University of Ottawa Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Luc Juillet, Ken Rasmussen |
| ISBN: | 9780776618258 |
| Publisher: | University of Ottawa Press |
| Publication: | September 13, 2008 |
| Imprint: | University of Ottawa Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
