Introductory
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From  NEW! Get With the Program |
Chapter 6 explores the context and scope of government programs and services, challenges bureaucrats face when delivering those programs and services and drivers that influence costs and demands … | Angela Poirier; Jane Allt | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 4Blowing the Whistle |
In this chapter, the reader is asked to consider what to do when you observe unethical decision-making by your manager. You report the concern, only to have the file transferred to another staff. … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Show me the Money |
Chapter 7 explores the financial underpinnings of government, where the money comes from, how budgets are drafted and approved and current trends in the Government Financial Management. | Angela Poirier; Jane Allt | 21 | 2020 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Where to From Here? Trudeau’s Climate Policy & BeyondFrom: Thirty Years of Failure |
- | Robert MacNeil | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 5Creating a Code of Conduct and Lobbyist Registry |
In this chapter, the reader an employee in the Clerk’s office, and must develop a code of conduct and lobbyist registry, which brings up questions of how power, politics and other competing … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! We’ll Get Back to You on That |
Chapter 8 explores the world of government research, how information is collected and used and some of the challenges bureaucrats face when gathering or using research. | Angela Poirier; Jane Allt | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Part IICases in Finances |
Part II introduces municipal budgets and the broader municipal financial landscape in Canada. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Spinning a Yarn |
Chapter 9 explorers intra-governmental communications, how messages are drafted and shared and stumbling blocks to getting the message out. | Angela Poirier; Jane Allt | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 6Balancing the Budget |
In this chapter, the reader is a councillor for affluent neighbourhoods in a mid-sized city and must grapple with competing issues related to the budget, such as homelessness. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! That’s a Wrap |
Conclusion | Angela Poirier; Jane Allt | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
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From NEW! Appendices |
Appendices include the Life Cycle of a Bureaucrat and a glossary of terms | Angela Poirier; Jane Allt | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 7Dealing with Police Salaries |
In this chapter, the reader becomes a junior financial analyst in the middle of a public debate about compensation in the public sector, with a focus on police force salaries. The reader … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 8Increasing User Fees for Recreation |
Chapter eight again places the reader in a junior financial analyst role, where they must figure out how to best serve the public interest in the face of a need to raise fees for recreation services. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 9Subsidizing Transit Passes for Seniors |
Here, the junior financial analyst must decide what to do with the contentious issue of subsidizing transit for seniors, knowing that the decisions will communicate about underlying values about … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 10Debating Privatization |
In chapter ten, the reader works in the Public Works department and must consider whether and which services to begin privatizing. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Part IIICases in Planning and Economic Development |
Part III gives an orientation to land use planning and economic development issues and processes, highlighting key themes, debates and challenges of municipal government. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
