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Federalism, bureaucracy and public policy : the politics of highway transport regulation / Richard J. Schultz.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Canadian public administration seriesPublication details: [Toronto, Ont.] : Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1980.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 228 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773560765
  • 0773560769
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Federalism, bureaucracy and public policy.DDC classification:
  • 321.02/3/0971
LOC classification:
  • KE2130 .S385 1980eb
Online resources:
Contents:
CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHRONOLOGY OF KEY DATES -- COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Part III: The Issues -- 3. The Federal-Provincial Negotiations: 1966�1970 -- 4. The Federal-Provincial Negotiations: 1971�1972 -- 5. The Intragovernmental Bargaining: 1967�1971 -- 6. The Intragovernmental Bargaining: 1971�1973 -- 7. The Role of Interest Groups: Caught in the Vice of Federalism -- 8. Conclusion -- APPENDIX: RELEVANT EXTRACTS FROM NTA -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L
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Summary: In this book Richard J. Schultz analyses the political process which resulted in a major section of the 1967 National Transportation Act-Part III, which deals with highway transport regulation-never being implemented. In effect, he presents us with a case study of an act that has not become law. In his analysis Professor Schultz employs two models to explain the fate of Part III: the first is the "unitary actor" model, common to the study of Canadian intergovernmental relations; the second is the far less commonly used "bureaucratic politics" model. He finds the first model leaves unanswered too many critical questions, while the second, with its emphasis on the forces that give rise to internal conflict and competition and the consequent colouring this can give to negotiations between governments, offers a more comprehensive explanation of the stalemate that resulted in the shelving of Part III. Using the analysis of the particular case study, the book discusses the broader issues of the underlying dynamics of both intergovernmental and intragovernmental relations in Canada. The study challenges some of the common assumptions about the nature of the policy process within a parliamentary system, and suggests in particular that central agencies may not exercise the degree of control frequently ascribed to them and, more significantly, that power and influence are much more widely dispersed and diffused within our parliamentary system than is generally acknowledged.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHRONOLOGY OF KEY DATES -- COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Part III: The Issues -- 3. The Federal-Provincial Negotiations: 1966�1970 -- 4. The Federal-Provincial Negotiations: 1971�1972 -- 5. The Intragovernmental Bargaining: 1967�1971 -- 6. The Intragovernmental Bargaining: 1971�1973 -- 7. The Role of Interest Groups: Caught in the Vice of Federalism -- 8. Conclusion -- APPENDIX: RELEVANT EXTRACTS FROM NTA -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L

Mn -- o -- p -- q -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v -- w -- z

In this book Richard J. Schultz analyses the political process which resulted in a major section of the 1967 National Transportation Act-Part III, which deals with highway transport regulation-never being implemented. In effect, he presents us with a case study of an act that has not become law. In his analysis Professor Schultz employs two models to explain the fate of Part III: the first is the "unitary actor" model, common to the study of Canadian intergovernmental relations; the second is the far less commonly used "bureaucratic politics" model. He finds the first model leaves unanswered too many critical questions, while the second, with its emphasis on the forces that give rise to internal conflict and competition and the consequent colouring this can give to negotiations between governments, offers a more comprehensive explanation of the stalemate that resulted in the shelving of Part III. Using the analysis of the particular case study, the book discusses the broader issues of the underlying dynamics of both intergovernmental and intragovernmental relations in Canada. The study challenges some of the common assumptions about the nature of the policy process within a parliamentary system, and suggests in particular that central agencies may not exercise the degree of control frequently ascribed to them and, more significantly, that power and influence are much more widely dispersed and diffused within our parliamentary system than is generally acknowledged.

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