UID:
almafu_9961373628702883
Format:
1 online resource (378 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4426-9427-0
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1-4426-9426-2
Series Statement:
Series in Public Management and Governance
Content:
These essays reveal Ontario's 'finance' as a dynamic policy issue shaped by the personalities of premiers and ministers, the energies of public servants at all levels, and a critical dialogue between political and administrative worlds. Drawing on different methodologies, this collection profiles a ministry as policy entrepreneur, spender, revenue generator, capacity builder, budget director, program manager, and intergovernmental agent. The Guardian fills a significant gap in public administration literature and in so doing describes how Ontario's Ministry of Finance defined its role as 'guardian.'"--Pub. desc.
Content:
"Finance departments have often been portrayed as guardians of the public purse. In The Guardian, a multidisciplinary group of contributors examines the Ministry of Finance of Ontario since the Second World War. During the last sixty years the Ministry was transformed from a relatively small 'Treasury' to a sophisticated policy machine. What started as a modest bookkeeping operation evolved into a key bureaucratic and policy agency as the government of Ontario assumed a leadership position in developing the province.
Note:
The House Frost built: Institutional change and the department of Treasury, 1943-1964 / Keith Brownsey -- From 'Treasury' to 'Finance': The anatomy of a Guardian, 1961-2001 / Patrice Dutil and Devyn Leonard -- Priority Settlers and Guardians: The relationships between Premiers and Treasurers in Ontario, 1960-2001 / JP Lewis -- Intergovernmental Guardians: Treasury's role in setting the national agenda, 1959-1967 / P.E. Bryden -- From Pragmatism to Neoliberalism: Ontario's hesitant farewell to Dr Keynes / Bryan Evans and John Shields -- Thoughts into Words: The budget speech, 1968-2003 / Patrice Dutil, Peter Ryan, and Andre Gossignac -- The Ontario Ministry of Finance as an exception in Canadian Public Administration / Luc Bernier and Joseph Facal -- Dealing with complexity: Innovation and resistance in crafting the Expenditure Budget, 1961-1985 / Caroline Dufour -- Budget making in the Ontario Ministry of Finance, 1985-2000 / Ken Ogata and Gary Spraakman -- 'Guardian' as 'Spender': Infrastructure Investment, 1960-2005 / Gervan Fearon -- Guardians in Check: The impact of health care on the Ontario budget, 1960-2004 / Patrice Dutil.
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8020-4254-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4426-4254-8
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781442694262
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