TY - BOOK ID - 17971698 TI - Governing from the centre : the concentration of power in Canadian politics PY - 1999 SN - 0802082521 080204476X 1281995746 9786611995744 1442675446 0802030009 PB - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - Decentralization in government KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) KW - Décentralisation administrative KW - Canada KW - Politics and government KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Centralization in government KW - Devolution in government KW - Government centralization KW - Government decentralization KW - Government devolution KW - Political science KW - Central-local government relations KW - Federal government KW - Local government KW - Public administration KW - Empowerment (Social sciences) KW - Political power KW - Exchange theory (Sociology) KW - Social sciences KW - Sociology KW - Consensus (Social sciences) KW - Shaw, Bernard, KW - Birnārd Shū, KW - Shū, Birnārd, KW - Hsiao, Po-na, KW - Shou, Dzhordzh Bernard, KW - Corno di Bassetto, KW - Bassetto, Corno di, KW - Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, KW - Shou, Bernard, KW - Shaw, George Bernard, KW - Shaw, G. B. KW - Shō, Bānādo, KW - Shiyou, Baanādo, KW - Shaw, G. Bernard KW - Pern̲āṭṣā, KW - Pern̲ārṭuṣā, KW - Cā, Pern̲āṭ, KW - Ṣā, Pern̲ārṭ, KW - Ṣā, Jārj Pern̲ārṭu, KW - Шоу, Джордж Бернард, KW - שאו, בערנארד KW - שאו, בערנארד, KW - שאו, ברנארד, KW - שאו, ברנארד KW - שאו, ברנרד KW - שאו, ג׳ורג׳ ברנרד KW - شو، برنارد، KW - Correspondence. KW - Politics and government. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17971698 AB - "Redefined during the past thirty years, the centre of government currently extends itself further than ever before. Central governmental agencies are 'where the rubber meets the road, ' where public service meets politics, and policy becomes reality. So who's driving this car? Agencies such as the Privy Council Office, the Finance Department, and the Treasury Board exert their influence horizontally, deciding how policy is made and how money gets spent. According to Donald Savoie, these organizations, instituted to streamline Ottawa's planning processes, instead telescope power to the Prime Minister and weaken the influence of ministers, the traditional line departments, and even parliament, without contributing to more rational and coherent policy-making." "Indispensable reading for students of politics, public policy, and public administration, Ottawa watchers, journalists, lobbyists, and civil servants who want to know what is really going on."--Jacket ER -