The structure of the Canadian cabinet, 1948 to 1963

<p>The structure of the Canadian cabinet has been taken by a variety of observers and participants in government to be an important, or at least an intriguing subject. The volume of writings about the Canadian cabinet has increased over the past decade. Civil servants have produced unpublishe...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Johnson, A, Johnson, Andrew
التنسيق: أطروحة
اللغة:English
منشور في: 1980
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description <p>The structure of the Canadian cabinet has been taken by a variety of observers and participants in government to be an important, or at least an intriguing subject. The volume of writings about the Canadian cabinet has increased over the past decade. Civil servants have produced unpublished additional volumes of memoranda. The pace of change in cabinet structures, and prime ministerial announcements about them, suggest that they are regarded as significant policy instruments and as significant indica- tions of the character and directions of a government. Certainly it is no longer true to say, as Prime Minister Diefenbaker did in 1960, that "The means by which the Cabinet conducts its business are traditionally regarded as its own affair, and questions on the subject are normally neither asked nor answered".</p> <p>[Continued in text ...]</p>
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spelling oxford-uuid:5f14668d-8d26-4a49-b51f-417f7f17fde22022-03-26T17:44:40ZThe structure of the Canadian cabinet, 1948 to 1963Thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:5f14668d-8d26-4a49-b51f-417f7f17fde2CanadaPolitics and governmentCabinet system1945-1980EnglishPolonsky Theses Digitisation Project1980Johnson, AJohnson, Andrew<p>The structure of the Canadian cabinet has been taken by a variety of observers and participants in government to be an important, or at least an intriguing subject. The volume of writings about the Canadian cabinet has increased over the past decade. Civil servants have produced unpublished additional volumes of memoranda. The pace of change in cabinet structures, and prime ministerial announcements about them, suggest that they are regarded as significant policy instruments and as significant indica- tions of the character and directions of a government. Certainly it is no longer true to say, as Prime Minister Diefenbaker did in 1960, that "The means by which the Cabinet conducts its business are traditionally regarded as its own affair, and questions on the subject are normally neither asked nor answered".</p> <p>[Continued in text ...]</p>
spellingShingle Canada
Politics and government
Cabinet system
1945-1980
Johnson, A
Johnson, Andrew
The structure of the Canadian cabinet, 1948 to 1963
title The structure of the Canadian cabinet, 1948 to 1963
title_full The structure of the Canadian cabinet, 1948 to 1963
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title_full_unstemmed The structure of the Canadian cabinet, 1948 to 1963
title_short The structure of the Canadian cabinet, 1948 to 1963
title_sort structure of the canadian cabinet 1948 to 1963
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Politics and government
Cabinet system
1945-1980
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