Defending a Contested Ideal
Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908-2008
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 parliamentar...
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- Publisher : Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press
- Series : Gouvernance | Governance Series
- Place of publication : Ottawa
- Year of publication : 2008
- Published on OpenEdition Books : 27 septembre 2017
- EAN (Print version) : 978-0-7766-0684-2
- Electronic EAN : 978-0-7766-2719-9
- Number of pages : xii-248 p.
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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.
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