What Is Government Good At?: A Canadian Answer 9780773597945
A thorough examination of where government succeeds and where it fails. A thorough examination of where government suc
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Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
PART ONE: THE CONTEXT
2 From Parish Picnics to Facebook
PART TWO: WHAT HAS CHANGED AND WHAT MATTERS IN GOVERNMENT
3 Institutions under Attack
4 Different Ways to Get What You Want
5 Fixing Bureaucracy: Please Mind the Gap
6 I Could Never Find the Culprit
7 Apologia Pro Vita Sua
8 Inside Government
9 Why Are Things So Complicated?
10 Regulations: You Can Feed the Animals
PART THREE: ANSWERING THE QUESTION
11 Good at What?
12 Upstairs, Downstairs
Notes
Index
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