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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Patrice Dutil Klappentext The Guardian fills a significant gap in public administration literature and in so doing describes how Ontario's Ministry of Finance defined its role as 'guardian.' Zusammenfassung The Guardian fills a significant gap in public administration literature and in so doing describes how Ontario's Ministry of Finance defined its role as 'guardian.' Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction SECTION 1: STRUCTURES AND CONTEXTS OF THE GUARDIAN 1 The House Frost Built: Institutional Change and the Department of Treasury, 1943-1961 KEITH B ROWNSEY2 From ‘Treasury’ to ‘Finance’: The Anatomy of a Guardian, 1961-2001 PATRICE DUTIL AND DEVYN LEONARD3 Priority Setters and Guardians: The Relationships between Premiers and Treasurers in Ontario, 1960-2001 JP LEWIS SECTION 2: THE GUARDIAN IN POLICY MAKING 4 Intergovernmental Guardians: Treasury’s Role in Setting the National Agenda, 1959-1967 P.E. BRYDEN5 From Pragmatism to Neoliberalism: Ontario’s Hesitant Farewell to Dr Keynes BRYAN EVANS AND JOHN SHIELDS6 Thoughts into Words: The Budget Speech, 1968-2003 PATRICE DUTIL, PETER RYAN, AND ANDRÉ GOSSIGNAC7 The Ontario Ministry of Finance as an Exception in Canadian Public Administration LUC BERNIER AND JOSEPH FACAL SECTION 3: THE GUARDIAN AND BUDGET MAKING 8 Dealing with Complexity: Innovation and Resistance in Crafting the Expenditure Budget, 1961-1985 CAROLINE DUFOUR9 Budget Making in the Ontario Ministry of Finance, 1985-2000 KEN OGATA AND GARY SPRAAKMAN10 ‘Guardian’ as ‘Spender’: Infrastructure Investment, 1960-2005 GERVAN FEARON11 Guardians in Check: The Impact of Health Care on the Ontario Budget, 1960-2004 PATRICE DUTI L ConclusionPATRICE DUTIL Contributors