POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Premiership Of Stephen Harper, Treasury Board, Responsible Government
25 Feb 2014
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Public administration and bureaucracies: public administration and bureaucracies are: 1: specialized through division of labor of specific tasks. The structure is designed around what governments want to achieve (department of health achieves healthcare): hierarchy, so everyone has a boss and a boss" boss, etc, rules that define people"s roles that say what people can and can"t. An example is at the passport office when they deny you because you do not have enough i. d. The workers must follow the rules: from a democratic standpoint, bureaucracies are costly and can affect the government because the people do not choose who is hired. Responsible government of justice, health, foreign affairs, finance, multiculturalism, and transportation. They are the highest position in each department. They hire deputy minister, which act as the assistants for the ministers. Deputy ministers are senior civil servants and are not elected, but are promoted based on merit.
