Research Catalog

Title

The black hole of public administration / Ruth Hubbard & Gilles Paquet.

Author

Hubbard, Ruth, 1942-

Publication

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors

• Paquet, Gilles
• Paquet, Gilles, 1936-

Description

xviii, 519 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Public administration in Canada needs to change. A handful of scholars across Canada have been sounding the alarm for years but to no avail. Talented young bureaucrats have been joining the public service with fresh ideas capable of creating real change, but the black hole consumes all." "In The Black Hole of Public Administration experienced public servant Ruth Hubbard and public administration iconoclast Gilles Paquet sound a wake-up call to the federal public service. They lament the lack of "serious play" going on in Canada's public administration today and map some possible escape plans. They look to a more participatory governance model -"open source" governing or "small g" governance - as a way to liberate our public service from antiquated styles and systems of governing." "In their recognizably rebellious style, Hubbard and Paquet demand that public administration scholars and senior-level bureaucrats pull their heads out of the sand and confront the problems of the current system and develop a new system that can address the needs of Canada today."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Governance series, 1487-3052 ; 24

Uniform Title

• Governance series 24.
• Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Administration publique (Science) > Canada
• Canada > Politics and government
• Canada > Politique et gouvernement
• Civil service > Canada
• Fonction publique > Canada
• Public administration > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 468-499) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780776607429
• 0776607421

OCLC

612722699

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library