The politics of public money : spenders, guardians, priority setters, and financial watchdogs inside the Canadian government / David A. Good.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Good, David A.

Contributor:

Institute of Public Administration of Canada.

Series:

Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance.

Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Human Resources Development Canada--Appropriations and expenditures.

Canada.

Canada. Human Resources Development Canada--Auditing.

Government spending policy--Canada.

Government spending policy.

Budget--Political aspects--Canada.

Budget.

Budget process--Canada.

Budget process.

Canada--Appropriations and expenditures.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, c2007 Gibson Library Connections, 2010).

Language Note:

English

Summary:

David Good's The Politics of Public Management is a 'textbook case' in public administration; it deals with the events and circumstances surrounding the scandal of the grants and contributions audit at Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC). More specifically, Good argues that the HRDC scandal or crisis was the result of a complex series of factors, which transformed a fixable administrative matter into media headlines alleging that the government had lost one billion dollars. The author further contextualizes this scandal by analyzing the dichotomies and contradictions inherent in public administration and supporting the larger premise that certain trade-offs must be made in the administration of any public organization.Good skillfully weaves together into a coherent and comprehensible whole both theoretical (or conceptual) and practical considerations. He draws on current scholarship throughout his analysis and captures for the reader the nuances and complexities of public administration. The first and only extensive critical examination to date of the events surrounding the scandal at HRDC, this text offers an original and groundbreaking contribution to current scholarship on public administration and management in Canada.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Looking Underneath: Dichotomies and Contradictions in Public Administration""; ""Each Administrative Reform Carries the Seeds of Its Own Decay""; ""First Impressions: The Public Release of the Internal Audit""; ""2 Looking Back: The Context for Public Sector Reform""; ""Cutting Administration While Maintaining Quality Service""; ""Empowering Staff While Achieving Results""; ""Breaking Barriers to Achieve Results""; ""Devolving Training Programs to the Provinces and Territories""; ""Looking Ahead: A New Vision for the Department""

""Looking Behind: Making Grants and Contributions Auditable""""Looking Outward through an Internal Action Plan""; ""Managing under New Public Management""; ""3 Outside Looking In: The Media�s First Impressions Become Lasting Impressions""; ""Overviewing the Media""; ""Theories, Models, and Techniques about News-making""; ""�One Billion Dollars Lost�""; ""From �Cover Up� to �Tiger Tails�""; ""�It�s Not a Billion Dollars, It�s Thirty-seven Cases�""; ""From �Binder Boy� to �No Master List�""; ""From Action Plans to �Pockets�""; ""�The Paper Dump�""

""What Budget?""""�Everyone Loses�""; ""The Search for Balance""; ""Divide HRDC and Eliminate CJF""; ""An Imbalance between Fast Service and Good Control""; ""The Perception of Citizens""; ""The Distorted Mirror""; ""4 Inside Looking Out: Crisis Management in HRDC""; ""A Framework for Crisis Management in Public Administration""; ""Charting the Crisis""; ""Grappling with the Media�s Overreaction""; ""The Six-point Action Plan""; ""The Inadequacies of Information""; ""Making Mistakes""; ""Minimizing the Problem""; ""Explaining TJF, Keeping CJF""

""Explaining the Limits of Administrative Information""""Tightening Administration with Checklists and Forms""; ""Community Sponsors React""; ""Dispensing Quickly with a New Crisis""; ""Seeking a Balance""; ""Taking Tylenol Off the Shelf""; ""The Auditor General Reports an Imbalance""; ""Returning to �Business as Usual, � But Not the Same Business""; ""Crisis Management: Reaction, Reform, and Readjustment""; ""5 Looking Closer: �The Billion Dollar Job Fund�""; ""Differing Perspectives on Direct Employment Programs""; ""Partnerships and Their Limits""

""The Role of Members of Parliament""""Program Assessment and Evaluation""; ""Learning the Right Lessons""; ""6 Looking Around: Implications for New Public Management""; ""New Public Management and the �Canadian Model�""; ""Canadian Politics and the �Canadian Model�""; ""Accountability: Control, Assurance, and Learning""; ""Accountability and the Limits of New Public Management and the �Canadian Model�""; ""7 Looking Forward: Speaking Up for a Better Way""; ""The Public Service""; ""The Auditor General and Internal Audit Bureaus""; ""Ministers""; ""Members of Parliament""

Notes:

"IPAC IAPC".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8020-9341-8

0-8020-9503-8

1-4426-8931-5

1-4426-8553-0

OCLC:

651935965