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