Enduring,ephemeral and emerging issues in public administration in Canada: Trends in Canadian Public Administration over fifty years (1958–2007)

Abstract: This issue of Canadian Public Administration marks two landmarks. It is the 50th anniversary issue of the Journal, and it is the last issue to be published by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada. For this issue, we have not produced a “special issue” in the sense of commissioning particular articles. Instead, we have brought together a number of articles that were already in the “pipeline” but that the editors thought made a particular contribution to public administration in Canada. This introductory article, or editor's review, is a retrospective analysis of the content of the Journal. It would appear that while there has been a slight shift towards public policy and a greater concern with provincial and local administration, cpa has maintained an enduring interest in its core areas of administrative theory and political and legal institutions. The content is also compared with findings of the content of other journals and also other analyses of cpa . This review is followed by commentaries by former editors and associate editors on their experiences with the Journal.     

Books Reviewed Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Public Administration: History and Theory in Contemporary Perspective ; Edited by Joseph A. Uveces Jr . No Fault of Their Own: Unemployment and the Canadian Welfare State 1914–1941 ; By James Struthers . When Freedom is Lost: The Dark Side of the Relationship Between Government and the Fort Hope Band ; By Paul Driben and Robert S. Trudeau . Local Government: Politicians, Professionals and the Public in Local Authorities ; By Howard Elcock . City Politics in Canada ; Edited by Warren Magnusson and Andrew Sancton . Parliament and Bureaucracy, Parliamentary Scrutiny of Administration: Prospects and Problems in the 1980s ; Edited by J.R. Nethercote . The Executive Challenge ; By Michael B. Mc Caskey . The Politics of Canadian Airport Development: Lessons for Federalism ; By Elliot J. Feldman and Jerome Milch . Organisation Theory and Management ; Edited by Thomas D. Lynch . The Politics of Canadian Public Policy ; Michael M. Atkinson and Marsha A. Chandler     

Book Reviews Comptes rendus

Value for Many: The Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1947–1997/ D'une grande valeur pour beaucoup: L'lnstitut d'administration publique du Canada, 1947–1997. Monographs in Canadian Public Administration -No. 21. By Don Seymour Wilson T he Federal Court of Canada: A History, 1875–1992 Byian bushnell . Public Management and Administrative Reform in Western Europe Edited by Walter J. M. kickert . Governments, Parties, and Public Sector Employees: Canada, United States, Britain, and France By ANDRE BLAIS, DONALD E. BLAKE and ST#EABPHANE DION. Dilemmas of Urban Economic Development: Issues in Theory and Practice Edited by richard d. bingham and Robert mier     

Book Reviews Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Patchworks of Purpose: The Development of Provincial Social Assistance Regimes in Canada By Gerard William Boychuk Le ‘ management public ’: discours et fonction Par Caroline Vayrou Service in the Field: The World of Front-Line Public Servants. Canadian Public Administration Series.By Barbara Wake Carroll and David Siegel How Ottawa Spends 1988–99. Balancing Act: The Post-Deficit Mandate. Carleton Public Policy Series No. 19 Edited by Leslie Pal A Question of Ethics: Canadians Speak out By Maureen Mancuso The Second Keating Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 1993–1996 Edited by Gwynneth Singleton Performance Review in Local Government By Rob Ball     

Book Reviews Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Military Spending in Developing Countries: How Much Is Too Much?By BRIAN s. MACDONALD Policy Innovation in the Saskatchewan Public Sector, 1971–82 Edited by ELEANOR GLOR Civil Service Reform: Building a Government that Works Par DONALD F. KETTL, PATRICIA W. INGRAHAM, RONALD P. SANDERS Reform of Retirement Income Policy: International and Canadian Perspectives Edited by KEITH G. BANTING and ROBIN BOADWAY Alternative Service Delivery: Sharing Governance in Canada Edited by ROBIN FORD and DAVID ZUSSMAN Postmodern Public Administration: Toward Discourse By CHARLES j. FOX and HUGH T. MILLER Public Management: The New Zealand Model Par JONATHAN BOSTON, JOHN MARTIN, JUNE PALLOT, PAT WALSH New Public Management and Public Administration in Canada Edited by MOHAMED CHARIH and ARTHUR DANIELS     

Books Reviewed Comptes Rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Administration publique Québécoise The Structure of Canadian Government By J. R. mallory. The Report on Maritime Union By the governments of new Brunswick, nova SCOTIA AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. Les tribunaux administratifs et la Constitution Par gilles pépin. Economic Evaluation of Municipal Expenditures — PPBS By a. J. robinson. Economic Consultative Bodies: Their Origins and Institutional Characteristics By paul malles. The Commons in Transition Edited by a. h. hanson and bernard crick. Public Administration in the Second United Nations Development Decade: Report of the Second Meeting of Experts Toward a New Public Administration: The Minnowbrook Perspective Edited by frank marini.     

Books reviewed Comptes rendus

Canadian Cases in Public Administration By Kenneth Kernaghan . Québec 2001: Une société refroidie Parp. a . julien , p . lamonde etd . latouche . Crime and Its Treatment in Canada Second edition. Edited by w. t . mcgrath . La modernisation politique du Québec Paredmond orban (dir.) Royal Commissions and Departmental Committees in Britain Byt. j . cahtwright . Public Policy and Administration in Australia: A Reader Edited byr. n . spann andg. r . curnow . Policy-Making in the German Federal Bureaucracy Byrenate mayntz andfritz W. scharpf . L'administration de la justice en matière criminelle au Québec Parme marcel gerbeau . The Limits of Administration By Christopher hood .     

Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Hankey: Man of Secrets By STEPHEN ROSKILL Public Administration: Policy-Making in Government Agencies By IRA SHARKANSKY Canada in Question: Federalism in the Seventies By D. v. SMILEY Up Against City Hall By JOHN SEWELL City Lib: Parties and Reform By STEPHEN CLARKSON Programs in Search of a Policy: Low Income Housing in Canada By MICHAEL DENNIS and SUSAN FISH Politics and Government of Urban Canada: Selected Readings Edited by LIONEL D. FELDMAN and MICHAEL D. GOLDRICG The Financial Structure and the Decision-Making Process of Canadian Municipal Government By THOMAS J. PLUNKETT More Taxes and More Traffic By NANCY BRYAN Inside the Third Reich By ALBERT SPEER The Influence of the United States on Canadian Development: Eleven Case StudiesEdited by RICHARD A. PRESTON Setting National Priorities: the 1973 Budget By C. L. SCHULTZE, E. R. FRIED, A. M. RIVIJN, and N. H. TEETERS Adaptation of Public Personnel Administration to Changes in Society General Report of the 14th International Congress of Administrative Sciences. By ARYEH ATTIR Establishing Ombudsman Offices: Recent Experience in the United States By STANLEY V. ANDERSON and JOHN E. MOORE Administrative Theory and Public Administration By R. J. S. BAKER     

Books reviewed Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Accountability and Control: The Government Expenditure Process : Byh.v. kroeker The Business of Government: An Introduction to Canadian Public Administration : Byt.j. stevens The Regulatory Process in Canada : Edited byg. bruce doern The Management of Canadian Urban Government: A Basic Text for a Course in Urban Management : Byt.j. plunkett andg.m. betts Modern Political Economy : Bynorman frohlich andjoe a. oppenheimer     

Parallel universes: Canadian and U.S. public administration study

Abstract: In this article, the discipline/profession of Canadian public administration is compared to its American counterpart. As parallel universes of inquiry and application, both have evolved from administration to management to governance. In spite of this and other similarities, possibilities for greater collaboration and cross‐fertilization have been overlooked and impeded by what the author calls an American attitude of “benign neglect.” The Canadian study of public administration reciprocates with self‐sufficiency and an enviable coherence in spite of similar divisions in the two countries between political science/policy and generic management approaches. To confirm the neglect, the author conducted a mini‐survey of Canadian content in the journal Public Administration Review and in papers presented at U.S. conferences and – for contrast – of American content in the journal Canadian Public Administration and at Canadian conferences. Modest proposals for rectifying the evident parallel but separate trajectories are suggested through greater interaction that would enrich both study and practice. Exploring some of the overlooked successes in Canadian administration would be useful for students of public administration in the U.S. Sommaire : Le présent article établit une comparaison entre la discipline/la profession de l'administration publique canadienne et son homologue aux États‐Unis. En tant qu'univers parallèles d'enquêtes et d'application, les deux ont évolué, passant de l'administration au management, puis à la gouvernance. Malgré cela et d'autres similarités, les possibilités d'une plus grande collaboration et d'enrichissement mutuel ont été ignorées et empêchées par une attitude américaine qualifiée par l'auteur de «négligence bienveillante ». L'étude canadienne de l'administration publique a réagi par l'autosuffisance et une cohérence enviable malgré des divisions similaires dans les deux pays entre les approches de sciences politiques et de gestion générique. Pour confirmer cette négligence, l'auteur a entrepris un mini sondage sur le contenu canadien dans la revue Public Administration Review et lors de conférences américaines et, par contraste, sur le contenu américain dans Administration publique du Canada et lors de conférences canadiennes. De modestes propositions sont faites pour rectifier les trajectoires évidentes, parallèles, et cependant distinctes, suggérant une plus grande interaction qui enrichirait à la fois la théorie et la pratique. Il serait utile pour les étudiants américains en administration publique d'examiner en profondeur certains des succès ignorés de l'administration canadienne.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Public Service of South Australia : ADELAIDE, S.A. Public Choice and Federalism in Australia and Canada : By M.H. SPROULE-JONES. Traité de droit administratif: canadien et québécois. : Par R. DUSSAULT. Divided Loyalties: Canadian Concepts of Federalism : By EDWIN R. BLACK. An Approach to Social Reporting in the Canadian North : By K. SCOTT WOOD. Culture et Management: Le cas de l'entreprise québécoise : Par GEORGES MAURICE HENAULT. Policing in Canada : By WILLIAM and NORA KELLY. Cabinet Studies: A Reader : Edited by VALENTINE HERMAN and JAMES E. ALT. American Public Administration: Past, Present, Future : Edited by FREDERICK C. MOSHER.     

Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Les relations intergouvernementales au Canada, 1867–1967, Par gérard VEILLEUX Recovering Canada's Nationhood By D. W. CARR Independence: The Canadian Challenge Edited by ABRAHAM ROTSTEIN and GARY LAX Canadian Federalism: Myth or Reality? Edited by J. PETER MEEKISON Labour Economics in Canada By SYLVIA OSTRY and MAHMOOD A. ZAIDI State Enterprise: Business or Politics? By DAVID COOMBES Politics, Finance and the Role of Economics: An Essay on the Control of Public Enterprise By c. D. FOSTER Economic Analysis and Public Enterprises By RALPH TURVEY International Community Power Structures By DELBERT c. MILLER Papers Relating to the President's Departmental Reorganization Program — A Reference Compilation By the OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Style in Administration: Readings in British Public Administration Edited by RICHARD A. CHAPMAN and A. DUNSIRE     

Books reviewed Comptes rendus

The Indian Administrative System Bureaucracy and Development: Indian Perspectives Public Enterprises in India State Supervision over Municipal Administration: A Case Study of Rajasthan Eminent Administrative Thinkers The Ecological Dimensions of Development Administration Privatization Theory and Practice: Distributing Shares in Private and Public Enterprises Problems of Change in Urban Government M.O. DICKERSON, S. DRABEK and J.T. WOODS Canadian Industrial Organization and Policy Social Science Research and Decision-Making Environmental Planning, Volume III: New Towns Policy The Idea File of Harold Adams Innis Introduced and edited by William Christian. Toronto: University of Toronto Press     

Book Reviews/Comptes rendus

Histoire de l'administration publique québécoise, 1867–1970 By James Iain Gow . Canadian Public Administration: Problematical Perspectives By Robert F. Adie and Paul G. Thomas. Réflexions sur Tart de se gouverner Par Louis Bernard. The Long Road to Reform: Restructuring Public Education in Quebec By Henry Milner . Regional Economic Development: Canada's Search for Solutions By donald J. savoie . Northern Development: The Canadian Dilemma By Robert Page Grand Illusions: The Politics of the Keynesian Experience in Canada 1945–1975 By Robert m. Campbell .     

Book Reviews Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Legitimacy in Public Administration: A Discourse Analysis By O. C. Mcswite Politics, Polic, and Government in British Columbia Edited by R. K. Carty A Stake in the Future: Redefining the Canadian Mineral Industry By MARY LOUISE MCALLISTER and CYNTHIA JACQUELINE Alexander Reform in the Australian Public Service 1983–1996 By J.W. Holmes and T. A. wileman Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local CommunitiesBy Darrell A. Posey and Graham Dutfield Performance et secteur public: Réalités, enjeux et paradoxes Par Marie-Michèle guay Poverty Reform in Canada 1958–1978: State and Class Influence on Policy Making By Rodney S. Haddow Reforming the Canadian Financial Sector: Canada in Global Perspective Edited by Thomas J. Courchene and Edwin H. Neave     

Books reviewed Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article: Classics of Public Administration : Edited byjay m. shafritz andalbebt c. hyde Comparative Legislative Reforms and Innovations : Edited byabdo i. baaklini andjames j. heaphey Public Policy Statistics in Canada. An Introductory Course : Bywilliam p. irvine L'informatisation de la société : Parsimon nora etalain minc La gestion de I'information : Parholland hurtubise The Regulatory Process of the Canadian Transport Commission : Byh.n. janisch assisted bya.j. pirie     

国际公共行政研究前沿及趋势:基于2009-2018文献计量分析

2008年,第三次明诺布鲁克会议后,国际公共行政研究有哪些研究热点、领域以及发展趋势?分析表明,国际公共行政研究可以分为权力与政策领域"去中心化"、公共部门绩效管理与激励、"后新公共管理"、跨学科知识转移、公共行政规范五个领域。治理、改革、创新等议题占据主导地位,行为主义公共行政成为公共部门绩效管理研究的新方向。国际公共行政研究仍然存在"碎片化"问题,面临着规范研究与科学研究、宏观研究与微观研究、学科独立性与学科开放性的内在张力,需要未来的公共行政研究者不断努力。     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Handbook of Public Administration Edited by jack rabin, w. bartley hildreth, and gerald j. miller. Public Financial Management: A Canadian Text By C. LLOYD BROWN-JOHN, ANDRÉ LEBLOND, and D. BRIAN marson. Nucleus: A History of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited By Robert bothwell. Proving Discrimination in Canada By BÉatrice Vizkelety. The Future of Health and Health Care Systems in the Industrialized Societies International Public Policy Sourcebook: Vol. 1, Health and Social Welfare Division of Social Sciences, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus Edited by jack paul desario. Why Leaders Can't Lead: The Unconscious Conspiracy Continues By warren bennis. The Invisible Bureaucracy - The Unconscious in Organizational Problem Solving By HOWELL BAUM, New York: Oxford University Press. 1987 The Workplace Within: Psychodynamlcs of Organizational Life By larry hirschhorn.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Provincial Governments as Employers: A Survey of Public Personnel Administration in Canada's Provinces By J.E. HODGETTS and O.P. DWIVEDI. The Taxation of Canadian Co-operatives By DANIEL ISH. Cities of Canada. 1/Theoretical, Historical and Planning Perspectives By GEORGE A. NADER. Urban Futures for Central Canada Edited by L.S. BOURNE, K.D. MACKINNON, J. SIEGEL, and J.W. SIMMONS.