| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 364 pages) : illustrations, digital file. |
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Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance
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Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The House Frost built: Institutional change and the department of Treasury, 1943-1964 / Keith Brownsey -- From 'Treasury' to 'Finance': The anatomy of a Guardian, 1961-2001 / Patrice Dutil and Devyn Leonard -- Priority Settlers and Guardians: The relationships between Premiers and Treasurers in Ontario, 1960-2001 / JP Lewis -- Intergovernmental Guardians: Treasury's role in setting the national agenda, 1959-1967 / P.E. Bryden -- From Pragmatism to Neoliberalism: Ontario's hesitant farewell to Dr Keynes / Bryan Evans and John Shields -- Thoughts into Words: The budget speech, 1968-2003 / Patrice Dutil, Peter Ryan, and Andre Gossignac -- The Ontario Ministry of Finance as an exception in Canadian Public Administration / Luc Bernier and Joseph Facal -- Dealing with complexity: Innovation and resistance in crafting the Expenditure Budget, 1961-1985 / Caroline Dufour -- Budget making in the Ontario Ministry of Finance, 1985-2000 / Ken Ogata and Gary Spraakman -- 'Guardian' as 'Spender': Infrastructure Investment, 1960-2005 / Gervan Fearon -- Guardians in Check: The impact of health care on the Ontario budget, 1960-2004 / Patrice Dutil. |
| Summary |
"Finance departments have often been portrayed as guardians of the public purse. In The Guardian, a multidisciplinary group of contributors examines the Ministry of Finance of Ontario since the Second World War. During the last sixty years the Ministry was transformed from a relatively small 'Treasury' to a sophisticated policy machine. What started as a modest bookkeeping operation evolved into a key bureaucratic and policy agency as the government of Ontario assumed a leadership position in developing the province. |
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These essays reveal Ontario's 'finance' as a dynamic policy issue shaped by the personalities of premiers and ministers, the energies of public servants at all levels, and a critical dialogue between political and administrative worlds. Drawing on different methodologies, this collection profiles a ministry as policy entrepreneur, spender, revenue generator, capacity builder, budget director, program manager, and intergovernmental agent. The Guardian fills a significant gap in public administration literature and in so doing describes how Ontario's Ministry of Finance defined its role as 'guardian.'"--Pub. desc. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ontario. Ministry of Finance.
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Ontario. Ministry of Finance |
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Finance, Public -- Ontario.
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Fiscal policy -- Ontario.
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Budget -- Ontario.
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HISTORY -- Canada -- Post-Confederation (1867- ) |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Public Finance. |
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Budget |
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Finance, Public |
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Fiscal policy |
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Ontario https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRpxgHMDVfYpYYqvRBmM |
| Added Author |
Dutil, Patrice A., 1960- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjMpVtgWRVwr3m8YgYbcRq
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Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dutil, Patrice. Guardian : Perspectives on the Ministry of Finance of Ontario. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2000 9781442642546 |
| ISBN |
9781442694262 (electronic bk.) |
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1442694262 (electronic bk.) |
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9781442642546 |
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1442642548 |
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9780802042545 |
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0802042546 |
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