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GOVN 405 / POLI 405: Innovative Public Management (Rev. 4/Rev. 3) Report a Broken Link

The purpose of this course is to enable students to understand and to think critically about the fundamental changes that have taken place throughout the bureaucracies in the Western world, and to enable students to evaluate these changes in a comparative perspective.

Unit 1

Required
Hughes, O. E. (2018).  Chapter 1: An era of change. In O. E. Hughes, Public management and administration (5th ed.). Palgrave.
Lapuente, V., & Van de Walle, S. (2020). The effects of new public management on the quality of public services. Governance, 33(3), 461–475. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12502

Unit 2

Required
Althaus, C., & O’Faircheallaigh, C. (2022). Bureaucratic representation, accountability, and democracy: A qualitative study of Indigenous bureaucrats in Australia and Canada. Public Administration Review, 82(4), 646–659. https://0-doi-org.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/10.1111/puar.13492
Poucette, T. L. (2018). Spinning wheels: Surmounting the Indian Act’s impact on traditional Indigenous governance. Canadian Public Administration, 61(4), 499–522. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A569892616/EAIM?u=atha49011&sid=bookmark-EAIM&xid=5fa0d775
Stefanick, L., & Tait, M. (2024). Crisis in care: Structural poverty, colonization, and child apprehensions in Canada. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 57(1), 14–194. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-political-science-revue-canadienne-de-science-politique/article/crisis-in-care-structural-poverty-colonization-and-child-apprehensions-in-canada/E3E40026C0FC379480A90A2B58C82D04
Optional
Tait, M., & Stefanick, L. (2024). Structural racism and sexism in settler societies: Families at the confluence of colonialism and neoliberalism. Feminist Formations, 36(1), 57–82.  https://0-dx-doi-org.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/10.1353/ff.2024.a928330
Nath, N., & Willow, S. A. (2022). Settler colonial socialization in public sector work: Moving from privilege to complicity. Studies in Social Justice, 16(1), 200–226. https://doaj.org/article/9cdbc77a5c7b40838c29f1299a50c34f 
Timpson, A. M. (2010). Rethinking the administration of government: Inuit representation, culture and language in the Nunavut Public Service. In A. M. Timpson (Ed.), First Nations, first thoughts: The impact of Indigenous thought in Canada (pp. 199–228). UBC Press. https://0-ebookcentral-proquest-com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/lib/athabasca-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3412637.
Horn-Miller, K. (2013). What does Indigenous participatory democracy look like? Kahnawà:ke’s community decision making process. Review of Constitutional Studies, 18 (1), 111–132. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A358057438/EAIM?u=atha49011&sid=bookmark-EAIM&xid=e32e8aa2
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. (2015). Canada’s residential schools: The history, part 1: Origins to 1939. The final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (Vol. 1). McGill-Queen's University Press. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/trc/IR4-9-1-1-2015-eng.pdf
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. (2012). They came for the children: Canada, Aboriginal Peoples, and residential schools. McGill-Queen’s University Press. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/cvrc-trcc/IR4-4-2012-eng.pdf 
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. (1996). Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Volume 1: Looking forward, looking back. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/royal-commission-aboriginal-peoples/Pages/final-report.aspx

Unit 3

Required
Alfred, T. (2005). Sovereignty. In J. Barker (Ed.), Sovereignty matters: Locations of contestation and possibility in Indigenous struggles for self-determination (pp. 33–50). University of Nebraska Press. https://0-search.ebscohost.com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=135763&site=eds-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_33

Please read the assigned chapter (pp. 33–50) only.
Findlay, T. (2019). Revisiting GBA/GBA+: Innovations and interventions. Canadian Public Administration, 62(3), 520–525. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A603504341/EAIM?u=atha49011&sid=bookmark-EAIM&xid=ea2c73d2
Ventriss, C., Perry, J. L., Nabatchi, T., Milward, B., & Johnson, J. (2019). Democracy, public administration, and public values in an era of estrangement. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, 2(4), 275–282. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppmgov/gvz013
ANZSOG. (2019, February 21). Morgan Brigg: Recognise Indigenous sovereignty by leveraging public administration [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2o9mRHMmoQ
Optional
Bauer, M. W., & Becker, S. (2020). Democratic backsliding, populism, and public administration. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, 3(1), 19–31. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppmgov/gvz026
Karimi, S. (2021). Public administration and democracy: The virtue and limit of participatory democracy as a democratic innovation. Technium Social Sciences Journal, 15, 493–506. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/techssj15&i=493
Boyd, B., Wesley, J., Rounce, A., Levasseur, K., & Caron, I. (2021). The public servant’s role in democracy. Canadian Public Administration, 64(3), 421–436. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A681308359/EAIM?u=atha49011&sid=bookmark-EAIM&xid=111d5da1

Unit 4

Required
Wanna, J. (2008). Collaborative government: Meanings, dimensions, drivers and outcomes. In J. O’Flynn & J. Wanna (Eds.), Collaborative governance: A new era of public policy in Australia? (pp. 3–12). ANU Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt24h315.6
Lachance, N., & Rose, T. (2020). More than words: Outlining preconditions to collaboration among First Nations, the federal government, and the provincial government. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 11(2), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2020.11.2.10692
Doberstein, C. (2016). Designing collaborative governance decision-making in search of a ‘collaborative advantage.’ Public Management Review, 18(6), 819–841. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2015.1045019
Required
Lachance, N., & Rose, T. (2020). From colonization to reconciliation: Increasing the collaborative capacity of public servants. Canadian Public Administration, 63(4), 640–659. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A651423475/EAIM?u=atha49011&sid=bookmark-EAIM&xid=a0e7bb7d

Unit 5

Required
Pestoff, V. (2006). Citizens and co-production of welfare services: Childcare in eight European countries. Public Management Review 4, 503–519. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719030601022882
Amann, J., & Sleigh, J. (2021). Too vulnerable to involve? Challenges of engaging vulnerable groups in the co-production of public services through research. International Journal of Public Administration, 44(9), 715–727. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2021.1912089
Levasseur, K. (2018). Co-producing accountability? Drawing conclusions from non-profit child care services in Manitoba. Canadian Public Administration, 61(1), 26–44. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A535943415/EAIM?u=atha49011&sid=bookmark-EAIM&xid=847aea44

Please note that the author's surname is misspelled in the publication.

Unit 6

Required
Dunleavy, P., Margetts, H., Bastow, S., & Tinkler, J. (2006). New public management is dead – Long live digital-era governance. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 16(3), 467–494. https://0-doi-org.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/10.1093/jopart/mui057
Clarke, A. (2017). Digital government units: Origins, orthodoxy, and critical considerations for public management theory and practice. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3001188.
Bradshaw, S., & Howard, P. (2018). Challenging truth and trust: A global inventory of organized social media manipulation. Computational Propaganda Research Project. Oxford University: Oxford Internet Institute. Available at https://demtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/ct2018.pdf.
Optional
Mergel, I., Edellmann, N., & Haug, N. (2019). Defining digital transformation: Results from expert interviews. Government Information Quarterly, 36(4), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2019.06.002

Unit 7

Required
Clarke, A. (2020). Data governance: The next frontier of digital government research and practice. In E. Dubois & F. Martin-Bariteau (Eds.), Citizenship in a connected Canada: A research and policy agenda (pp. 97–117). University of Ottawa Press. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3620525.

Please read Chapter 5 (pp. 97–117) only.
McDonald, N., & Forte, A. (2022). Privacy and vulnerable populations. In B. P. Knijnenburg, X. Page, P. Wisniewski, H. Richter Lipford, N. Proferes, & J. Romano (Eds.), Modern socio-technical perspectives on privacy (pp. 337-363). Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-82786-1_15
Kolkman, D. (2020, August 26). “F**k the algorithm”?: What the world can learn from the UK’s A-level grading fiasco. LSE Blogs. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2020/08/26/fk-the-algorithm-what-the-world-can-learn-from-the-uks-a-level-grading-fiasco/
Optional
Wiseman, J., & Goldsmith, S. (2017, May 12). Ten ways data can make government better. Government technology. https://www.govtech.com/data/10-ways-data-can-make-government-better.html

Unit 8

Required
Stefanick, L. (2011). Controlling knowledge: Freedom of information and privacy protection in a networked world. Athabasca University Press. https://read.aupress.ca/projects/controlling-knowledge.

Please read Chapter 3 (pp. 63–95) only.
MacDonald, F., & Levasseur, K. (2014). Accountability insights from the devolution of Indigenous child welfare in Manitoba. Canadian Public Administration, 57(1), 97–117. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A363688391/EAIM?u=atha49011&sid=bookmark-EAIM&xid=1404517c
Dolamore, S., & Whitebread, G. (2022). Recalibrating public service: Valuing engagement, empathy, social equity, and ethics in public administration. Public Integrity, 24(4–5), 375–386. https://doi.org/10.1080/10999922.2021.2014223
Optional
Thompson, G. (2016, January 1). The civil service: Can it adapt? Alberta Views. https://albertaviews.ca/the-civil-service/
Study Guide Links
American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU]. Project 2025, explained. https://www.aclu.org/project-2025-explained

Unit 9

Required
Ramos, C., & Milanesi, A. (2021). A brief story of Latin American public administration: A particular model. In B. G. Peters, C. A. Tercedor, & C. Ramos (Eds.), The Emerald handbook of public administration in Latin America (pp. 9–19). Emerald Publishing. https://0-ebookcentral-proquest-com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/lib/athabasca-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6452802

Please read Chapter 1 (pp. 9–19) only.
van der Wal, Z., van den Berg, C., & Haque, S. M. (2021). Comparative public administration in a globalized world: Moving beyond standard assumptions toward increased understanding. Public Administration Review, 81(2), 295–298. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13373.
Levasseur, K. (2023). Canada’s jagged record on social policy collaboration between government and the voluntary sector. In K. J. Baehler (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of governance and public management for social policy (pp. 559–569). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190916329.013.39
Study Guide Links
Joint website of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the BRICS member states. https://infobrics.org/

Unit 10

Required
Boin, A., Brock, K., Craft, J., Halligan, J., Hart, P., & Roy, J. (2020). Beyond COVID-19: Five commentaries on expert knowledge, executive action, and accountability in governance and public administration. Canadian Public Administration, 63(3), 339–368. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A639764420/EAIM?u=atha49011&sid=bookmark-EAIM&xid=ca2aa6bd

Read only the section “Traditionalism or transformation? Canada’s COVID-19 response and the future of digital government” by Jeffrey Roy.
O’Flynn, J. (2021). Confronting the big challenges of our time: Making a difference during and after COVID-19. Public Management Review, 23(7), 961–980. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2020.1820273
O’Sullivan, D. (2022). The crisis of policy failure or the moral crisis of an idea: Colonial politics in contemporary Australia and New Zealand. Political Science, 74(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00323187.2022.2099915
ANZSOG. (2019, February 21). Marcia Langton keynote speech: Give money & power to the Indigenous sector [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6eFTEv-DE  
Optional
Spicer, Z., & Mikhael, K. (2021, August 23). The impact of COVID-19 on Canada’s public service: The view from the deputy minister’s office. Policy Options / Options Politiques. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/august-2021/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-canadas-public-service-the-view-from-the-deputy-ministers-office/  

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Institute for Global Ethics

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Sajedinejad, S., Sansone, G., Fallon, B., Miller, S.P., Gitterman, A., Cohen, E., & Sokolowski, M. B. (2021). From research to impact: A toolkit for developing effective policy briefs. Policy Bench, Fraser Mustard Institute of Human Development, University of Toronto. https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Policy-Toolkit-Final-v2-Apr27.pdf   
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Topp, L., & Schwendinger, F. (2022, September 26). Key competencies to succeed at policymaking. Apolitical. https://apolitical.co/solution-articles/en/key-competencies-to-succeed-at-policymaking