1. Deputy Ministers in Newfoundland and Labrador: From Guardians to Managers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. List of Figures xi
5. List of Tables xv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Deputy Ministers in Newfoundland and Labrador: From Guardians to Managers 12
8. 2. Deputy Ministers in Nova Scotia: The Influence of New Public Governance on Nova Scotia’s First NDP Government 51
9. 3. Deputy Ministers in Prince Edward Island: Professionalism, Policymaking, and Patronage 72
10. 4. New Brunswick’s Deputy Ministers: Out of the Ordinary and Close to the Premier 100
11. 5. Quebec Deputy Ministers: Accent on Program and Service Delivery in Times of Scarcity 123
12. 6. From “Gurus” to Chief Executives? The Contestable Transformation of Ontario’s Deputy Ministers, 1971 to 2007 148
13. 7. More Than Nobodies, but Not the Powers behind the Throne: The Role of Deputy Ministers in Manitoba 201
14. 8. Saskatchewan’s Deputy Ministers: Political Executives or Public Servants? 239
15. 9. Alberta Deputy Ministers: The Management of Change 262
16. 10. Government Transitions, Leadership Succession, and Executive Turnover in British Columbia, 1996–2006 283
17. 11. Comparative Analysis of Stability and Mobility of the Canadian Provincial Bureaucratic Elite, 1987–2007 309
18. 12. A Canada-Wide Survey of Deputy and Assistant Deputy Ministers: A Descriptive Analysis 324
19. 13. Federal Deputy Ministers: Serial Servers Looking for Influence 364
20. 14. Public Sector Executive Compensation in a Time of Restraint 401
21. Conclusion: Deputy Ministers in Canada – Evolution of Deputy Ministers as Archetypal Figures 429
22. Contributors 451