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Harry Arthurs

2015

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“Mechanical Arts And Merchandise” Canadian Public Administration In The New Economy, Harry W. Arthurs Oct 2015

“Mechanical Arts And Merchandise” Canadian Public Administration In The New Economy, Harry W. Arthurs

Harry Arthurs

The "New Economy", with its attendant trends and consequences, presents a number of distinct chal- lenges to Canadian public administration. The key features of the New Economy - changes in technol- ogy and the social organization of work, globalization and regional economic integration, and shifts in the boundary between the state and civil society - de- mand a reconsideration of the ways in which we have previously thought about bureaucracy, government, and the role of the interventionist state. These changes in our political economy have profoundly destabilized Canadian public administration and require us to find new ways to cope with …


Will The Law Society Of Alberta Celebrate Its Bicentenary?, Harry W. Arthurs Oct 2015

Will The Law Society Of Alberta Celebrate Its Bicentenary?, Harry W. Arthurs

Harry Arthurs

External changes - in demography and economy, in the domestic and global organization of power - are transforming the knowledge base of Canada's legal profession, the relations amongst lawyers and between lawyers and their "relevant others, " and indeed the very notion oflegal professionalism. This article explores the implication of these changes for the future of the profession 's governing bodies.