Summary

Classics Readings in Canadian Public Administration is a collection of 28 influential articles in Canadian public administration. It brings together articles from the pre-1985 period to provide a picture of a rich, distinctive era in Canadian public administration. The articles are divided into four parts: Structures, Human Resources, Financial Management, and Policy and Administration, each with an introduction that explores the issues that bind the articles together. This collection provides a useful historical approach to the discipline allowing students to see the continuities in the field as well as the areas in which major changes have occured, and encourages them to refer to the valuable theoretical history of Canadian public administration.