Political Science 251

Introduction to Canadian Public Administration

TA: Jonathan Fershau

Office: 6065B

Office Hour: Wednesdays 3:00pm-4:00pm or by appointment

email: <mailto:jfershau@sfu.ca>jfershau@sfu.ca

Tutorials

D1:01 – Thursday, 16:30-17:30, AQ 5046

D1:02 – Thursday, 17:30-18:30, AQ 5015

1. There will be an in-class mid-term examination worth 20 percent of the course mark and a final examination worth 30 percent.

2. One ten-page paper is due at the end of term and is worth 40 percent of the class mark. LATE PAPERS WILL LOSE TEN PERCENT PER DAY LATE. An outline for the paper is due at the mid-term exam. LATE OUTLINES WILL RECEIVE A ZERO GRADE. ALL STUDENTS SHOULD FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE DEPARTMENT POLICY ON PLAGIARISM.

3. Ten percent of the course mark will be awarded on the basis of tutorial participation, which includes the posting of a question

each week to the class e-mail list (pol251-d1@sfu.ca) responding to the weekly required readings. QUESTIONS MUST BE POSTED NO LATER THAN TUESDAY MIDNIGHT BEFORE THE TUTORIAL. LATE QUESTIONS WILL RECEIVE A ZERO GRADE.

All required weekly readings may be found on reserve in the Library. Recommended readings may found on reserves, the library stacks, in the journal section, or in the David Lam collection (2nd floor of the Library).

Week 2 (Sept. 14)

Introductions

Discussion Pieces:

Max Weber, "Bureaucracy" in H.H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills, ed., From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology (New York: Oxford, 1946) pp. 196-244

S.E. Eisenstadt, The Political Systems of Empires, (London: Collier, 1963) pp. 3-32

Week 3 (Sept. 21)

Discussion Pieces:

Victor A. Thompson, Modern Organizations (New York: Knopf, 1961) pp. 152-178

L. Rudolph and S. Rudolph, "Authority and Power in Bureaucratic and Patrimonial Bureaucracy" in World Politics, 31(2) 1979 pp. 195-227

Jan-Erik Lane, The Public Sector: Concepts, Models and Approaches (London: Sage, 1995) pp. 49-71

Week 4 (Sept. 28)

Discussion Pieces:

Brian Chapman, The Profession of Government, (London: Unwin, 1971) pp. 9-30

Finer, S.E. The History of Government From the Earliest Times - Volume III: Empires, Monarchies and the Modern State. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Chapter 7 pp 1375-1427

Week 5 (Oct. 5)

Review: The Elements of a Successful Outline

Week 6 (Oct. 12)

(Brief) Mid-term review if demand exists.

Discussion Pieces:

Turner, Mark and David Hulme. Governance, Administration and Development. London: Macmillan, 1997. Pp. 82-104

Donald C. Rowat, "Comparing Bureaucracies in Developed and Developing Countries: A Statistical Analysis" in International Review of Administrative Sciences, 56 1990 pp. 211-236

Week 7 (Oct. 19).

NO TUTORIAL: PAPER OUTLINES DUE IN LECTURE BEFORE EXAM

Week 8 (Oct. 26)

Discussion Pieces:

J.E. Hodgetts, The Canadian Public Service, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1973) pp. 17-54; 87-111; 138-156

Dwivedi, O.P. and James Iain Gow. From Bureaucracy to Public Management: The Administrative Culture of the Government of Canada. Toronto: IPAC, 1999. Pp. 63-88

Week 9 (Nov. 2)

Discussion Pieces:

David Cameron, "The Growth of Government Spending: The Canadian Experience in Comparative Perspective" in Keith Banting ed., State and Society: Canada in Comparative Perspective, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986) pp. 21-52

Richard Bird, The Growth of Government Spending in Canada (Toronto : Canadian Tax Foundation, 1970). Chapters 1 and 2

Week 10 (Nov. 9)

Review: The Elements of Effective Paper Writing- Style, function, referencing, and where to go if your stuck.

Week 11 (Nov. 16)

Discussion Pieces:

Sharon Sutherland and G. Bruce Doern, Bureaucracy in Canada: Control and Reform (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985) pp. 57-80

Paul G. Thomas, "Ministerial Responsibility and Administrative Accountability" in Mohamed Charih and Arthur Daniels, eds., New Public Management and Public Administration in Canada (Toronto: Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1997) pp.141-164

Week 12 (Nov. 23)

Discussion Pieces:

Louis Borgeat and Isabelle Giroux, "Judiciary and Administrative Law" in Jacques Bourgault, Maurice Demers and Cynthia Williams eds., Public Administration and Public Management: Experiences in Canada (Quebec: Les Publications du Quebec, 1997) pp. 125-141

Colin J. Bennett and Robin Bayley, "The New Public Administration of Information: Canadian Approaches to Access and Privacy" in Martin W. Westmacott and Hugh P. Mellon eds., Public Administration and Policy: Governing in Challenging Times (Scarborough: Prentice Hall Allyn and Bacon, 1999) pp. 189-201

Week 13 (Nov. 30)

PAPERS DUE IN LECTURE

Exam review if demanded.

EXAM: DEC 14, 15:30-18:30, RM TBA