PAP 2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Democracy, Economic Rationalism, Merit System

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Woodrow wilson: thought that political scientists ignored the fundamental question of how governments are administered and advocated focusing on personnel, organization, and management of the public sector in the interest of efficiency and economy. Beginnings of pa: american influence on pa (writings about problems in canadian pa written by. Pa ex. reducing politicians to save money decreases citizen representation) Ex. laws, regulations, crown corp. , taxes: conventions of behaviour: develop conventions of behaviour to fulfill mandates based on one best way (to treat everyone the same) Institutions: refers to government ministries, departments, regulatory bodies, etc. o responsible for translating the will of the people into action. All interests in society are to be accommodated within the institutions of the state. Temporal difference: government managers work in short time frames, difference in duration of service (public short, private long) Goal measurement: public sector manager faces multiple or contradictory ends sought by governments (impossible goal measurements), public straight forward.

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