Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher

Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher?
Donald J. Savoie (Author)

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Thirty years ago, Anglo-American politicians set out to make the public sector look like the private sector. These reforms continue today, ultimately seeking to empower elected officials to shape policies and pushing public servants to manage operations in the same manner as their private-sector counterparts. In Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher?, Donald Savoie provides a nuanced account of how the Canadian federal government makes decisions.

Savoie argues that the traditional role of public servants advising governments on policy has been turned on its head, and that evidence-based policy making is no longer valued as it once was. Policy making has become a matter of opinion, Google searches, focus groups, and public opinion surveys, where a well-connected lobbyist can provide any answers politicians wish to hear. As a result, public servants have lost their way and are uncertain about how they should assess management performance, how they should generate policy advice, how they should work with their political leaders, and how they should speak truth to political power - even within their own departments. Savoie demonstrates how recent management reforms in government have caused a steep rise in the overhead cost of government, as well as how the notion that public administration could be made to operate like the private sector has been misguided and costly to taxpayers.

Abandoning "textbook" discussions of government and public service, Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher? Is a realistic portrayal of how policy decisions are made and how actors and institutions interact with one another and exposes the complexities, contradictions present in Canadian politics and governance.

• Rank: #250137 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-03-01
• Released on: 2013-03-01
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

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Contributors: Donald J. Savoie - Author. Format: NOOK Book

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Neoliberalism and National Culture: State-Building and Legitimacy in Canada and Quebec (Studies in Critical Social Sciences)

Neoliberalism and National Culture: State-Building and Legitimacy in Canada and Quebec (Studies in Critical Social Sciences)
Cory Blad (Author)

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Neoliberal globalization is understood to have a corrosive effect on the state. Reductions in economic regulatory capacities combined with an ideological attack on the public necessity of social spending has left many with the impression that the state is a weakened institution, at best. This book argues that despite popular claims to the contrary, global capitalism requires state institutional authority, but the legitimation of this authority is increasingly tied to cultural rather than economic means. Canada and Québec are presented in historical comparative context as examples of how neoliberal states achieve global political economic integration while relying on cultural legitimation to maintain social policies working to mitigate social changes resulting from increased global integration.

• Rank: #1356856 in Books
• Published on: 2013-02-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 270 pages

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This book argues that despite popular claims to the contrary, global capitalism requires state institutional authority, but the legitimation of this authority is increasingly tied to cultural rather than economic means. Canada and Qubec are presented examples of how neoliberal states achieve integration while relying on cultural legitimation to maintain social policies that mitigate social changes.

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The Rebordering of North America: Integration and Exclusion in a New Security Context

The Rebordering of North America: Integration and Exclusion in a New Security Context
Peter Andreas (Editor), Thomas J. Biersteker (Editor)

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The US-Mexico and US-Canada borders are the two busiest land crossings in the world. Canada and the United States are each other's largest trading partners and Mexico is America's second largest trading partner with trade between the two nations more than tripling since the start of NAFTA. Or at least that's the way things were before September 11th 2001. The many immediate ripple effects of the terrorist attacks included a dramatic tightening of North American border controls and a hardening of the policy discourse about cross-border flows. This book explores the implications of September 11th and the new war on terrorism for border controls, cross-border relations and economic integration in North America. The volume contributes to the scholarly and policy discussions over the meaning and management of borders in an increasingly borderless (regional and global) economy, and adds fuel to broader debates over the changing nature of borders and territorial politics in a radically transformed security environment.

• Rank: #1320641 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.21" h x .47" w x 6.14" l, .71 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

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by Peter Andreas and Thomas J. Biersteker - Taylor & Francis (2003) - Paperback - ISBN 0415944678 9780415944670

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The Rebordering of North America: Integration and Exclusion in a New Security Context ISBN: 9780415944663 Publisher: Routledge Published date: May 30 2003 Hardcover COMMENTS: Used - Acceptable Reading copy. May have damage to cover, notes, underlining, highlighting, but all text legible. May have tears to DJ or missing DJ.SKU: N3-08-A-01-1278

Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto

Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto
Taiaiake Alfred (Author)
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This visionary manifesto, first published in 1999, has significantly improved our understanding of First Nations' issues. Taiaiake Alfred calls for the indigenous peoples of North America to move beyond their 500-year history of pain, loss, and colonization, and move forward to the reality of self-determination. A leading Kanien'kehaka scholar and activist with intimate knowledge of both Native and Western traditions of thought, Alfred is uniquely placed to write this inspiring book. His account of the history and future of the indigenous peoples of North America is at once a bold and forceful critique of Indigenous leaders and politics, and a sensitive reflection on the traumas of colonization that shape our existence.

This new edition of Alfred's important manifesto is thoroughly updated in the context of current issues related to government policy and First Nations politics today. In addition to new examples of indigenous-state relations, it includes the latest court cases and updated evaluations of key negotiations over land and self-government. A new preface incorporates an original, previously unpublished dialogue with the influential Dakota author, historian, and activist Vine Deloria Jr, recorded shortly before his death in 2005.

• Rank: #380464 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.02" h x .59" w x 6.02" l, .65 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

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This listing is for (Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto) 1st edition by (Alfred, Taiaiake). This edition has word-for-word the same information as ISBN: 0195430514 which is the 2nd edition, except for a small update and a different picture on the cover. All our books are in decent, usable condition or better and may or may not contain: highlighting, writing, cover and page wear, cds and additional material. If you are unsatisfied in any way with our product you can return it within 14 days for a refund.

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Categories: Indians of North America->Government relations, Native peoples, Indians of North America->Government relations. Contributors: Taiaiake Alfred - Author. Format: Paperback

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Author: Alfred, Taiaiake ISBN-10: 0195430514