How Ottawa Spends, 2009-2010 : Economic Upheaval and Political Dysfunction

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evolving Budgetary Policies and Experiments: 1980 to 2009-2010 -- PART ONE: Issues of Structure and Process -- 3 How Ottawa Assesses Department/Agency Performance: Treasury Board's Management Accountability Framework -- 4 Design Challenges for the Strategic State: Bricolage and Sabotage -- 5 Evaluating the Rationale of the New Federal Lobbying Act: Making Lobbying Transparent or Regulating the Industry? -- PART TWO: Selected Policy Fields -- 6 Could the Senate Be Right? Should CIDA Be Abolished? -- 7 Federal Gas Tax Transfers: Politics and Perverse Policy -- 8 How Ottawa Spends and How Canadians Save: "Asset-Based"Approaches in Uncertain Times -- 9 Communication by Stealth: The New Common Sense in Government Communication -- 10 Framing the Harper Government:"Gender-Neutral" Electoral Appeals While Being Gender-Negative in Caucus -- 11 Where Is via Going? A Case Study of Managing a Commercial Crown Corporation -- APPENDIX A: Canadian Political Facts and Trends -- APPENDIX B: Fiscal Facts and Trends -- Contributors.