POLS 2910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Jacques Claude Marie Vincent De Gournay, Nancy Maclean, Brian Mulroney
11 Dec 2017
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Bureaucracy: bureau french word for desk. The awarding of favours (including jobs, contracts, etc. ) in exchange for political support. A cabinet minister of the time, a beneficiary of patronage himselfwas well disposed to being a dispenser of patronage. Indeed, it was the power to distribute patronagethat gave his office meaning and substance. (w. l. Brian mulroney - kickbacks from airbus contract. The best people are not hired (skills, training, etc) Merit principle: hire based on qualification relevant to the job. Politics-administrative dichotomy: presumes politicians make the policy decisions, civil servants implemented. Responsive to the democratic needs of the majority. Senior bureaucrats who worked closely with government and had a large role to play in establishing and running these new state structures. Wwii years - dramatic increase in their powers. Roots of neoliberalism (extreme radical version: libertarianism) Limiting the role of the state increases individual liberty. Public service: govt departments; employees of treasury board (fisheries and.
