Beyond service: state workers, public policy, and the prospects for democratic administration

"This study concerns one department of Canadian government - Employment and Immigration Canada (EIC) - and one policy field - labour market policy - from 1976 to 1991. McElligott unearths resistance in workplaces where 'cutting edge' neoconservative managers have been trying to reshap...

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1. Verfasser: McElligott, Greg (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Toronto University of Toronto Press 2001
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Zusammenfassung:"This study concerns one department of Canadian government - Employment and Immigration Canada (EIC) - and one policy field - labour market policy - from 1976 to 1991. McElligott unearths resistance in workplaces where 'cutting edge' neoconservative managers have been trying to reshape government services, and inserts front-line workers into state theories, policy debates, and progressive political strategies. He argues that the neglect of these workers makes key state theories incomplete and separates policy-making theory - and practice - from actual state outputs. One consequence is that progressive thinkers and activists have forgone many promising strategic opportunities." "Beyond Service challenges current trends in administrative theory and policy-making, and will be of interest to academics, policy research bodies, union researchers, educators, and, most important, front-line government workers themselves."--Jacket.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-329) and index
Beschreibung:xi, 338 p. ill. : 24 cm
ISBN:0802047661