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 hist...

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Main Author: Juillet, Luc (auth)
Other Authors: Rasmussen, Ken (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa 2008
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