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ISBN: 9780776605517-07

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Evolving State — Civil Society Relationships: The Beginning of a New Era?

From: The Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century - La distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siecle

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The relationship between the coluntary sector and the state is undergoing fundamental change in Canada, as elsewhere. Thisis a result of a transformation in both the nature of governance and thecharacter of the voluntary sector.

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Susan D. Phillips

Susan D. Phillips is Associate Professor of Public Administration, Carleton University, where she teaches courses in urban government, policy research, and the voluntary sector. She is past editor of both the annual review, How Ottawa Spends and of the journal Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de politiques. From 1997-99, she was the Research Director of the Broadbent Panel on Accountability and Governance in the Voluntary Sector. She is a Fellow with the Canadian Centre for Management Development and acts as Policy Advisor to the Voluntary Sector Initiative, a coalition of national voluntary organizations and several government departments. Among her many other functions, she is also the current Director of the Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development at Carleton University.