York University
School of Public Policy and Administration
AP/PPAS 3190 6.00, Section A
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Fall/Winter 2011-2012
WINTER TERM – SUPPLEMENTARY COURSE OUTLINE
WEEKLY ASSIGNED READINGS LIST AND LECTURE SCHEDULE
Course Instructor: Dr. James C. Simeon, Assistant Professor
Office location: 128 McLaughlin College
Consultation hours: Please make an appointment by email
E-mail: jcsimeon@yorku.ca
Telephone: 416 736-2100 (30396)
Moodle Course website: www.moodle.york.ca/moodle/my/
Lecture: Fridays, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Class location: Winters College, Room 118
This Winter Term detailed weekly assigned reading list and lecture schedule is a
supplement to the course outline that was handed out at the beginning of the Fall
Term. Please consult the full course outline for all of the key information and
assignments for this course.
PART II - Reinventing Government?: The New Public Management
Week 14 – January 6 - The Challenges Confronting the Public Sector
S. Laurence, E. Lynn Jr., Carolyn J. Heinrich, and Carolyn J. Hill, “Studying Governance
and Public Management: Challenges and Prospects,” Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory (2000) 10 (2): 233-262.
[Available as an E-Resource from the York University Library website.]
http://jpart.oxfordjournals.org/content/10/2/233.full.pdf+html
Chapter 18 – A. W. Johnson, “Efficiency in Government and Business,” in Barbara Wake
Carroll, et al. eds., Classic Readings in Canadian Public Administration
Week 15 – January 13 - The New Public Administration (NPM): An Introduction
(1980-present)
Tupper, Allan. 2001. “The Contested Terrain of Canadian Public Administration in
Canada's Third Century,” Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, pages 142-160.
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[Available as an E-Resource from the York University Library website.]
http://proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/pqdweb?index=3&did=75497316&Src
hMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS
=1199131718&clientId=5220]
Chapter 21 – Rodney Dobell and David Zussman, “An Evaluation System for
Government: If Politics is Theatre Then Evaluation is (Mostly) Art,” in Barbara Wake
Carroll, et al. eds., Classic Readings in Canadian Public Administration
Week 16 – January 20 - Blurring the Boundaries between “Public and Private”:
Privatization, Deregulation and the “Third Sector”
Fyfe, Toby; Michael McConkey and Patrice Dutil. 2004. Reinventing Service: Processes
and Prospects for Municipal Alternative Service Delivery. New Directions Series. No.
14. Toronto: The Institute of Public Administration of Canada. Read pages 1-21.
[Available as an E-Resource from the York University Library website. Do a Browse
Search by title, Reinventing Service, then when you get to the Search Results click on the
last item, Electronic access.]
Chapters 8 – G. Bruce Doern, “Regulatory Processes and Regulatory Agencies,” in
Barbara Wake Carroll, et al. eds., Classic Readings in Canadian Public Administration
Week 17 – January 27 – Accountability and Performance (1)
Aucoin, P. (2003), “Independent foundations, public money and public accountability:
Whither Ministerial Responsibility as Democratic Governance?” Canadian Public
Administration, 46(1), 1-26.
[Available as an E-Resource from the York University Library website.]
Chapters 5 and 6 – Mitchell Sharp, “The Role of the Mandarins: The Case for a NonPartisan Senior Public Service,” and Hugh D. Segal, “The Accountability of Public
Servants: Our Government Would be Better if Senior Mandarins Were Less Secure,” in
Barbara Wake Carroll, et al. eds., Classic Readings in Canadian Public Administration
Week 18 – February 3 - Accountability and Performance (2)
Carolyn J. Heinrich, “Outcomes–Based Performance Management in the Public Sector:
Implications for Government Accountability and Effectiveness,” Public Administration
Review, Volume 62, Issue 6, pages 712–725, November/December 2002.
[Available as an E-Resource from the York University Library website.]
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1540-6210.00253/pdf
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Chapter 7 and 9 – J. E. Hodgetts, “Structural Heretics: The Non-Departmental Forms,”
and C. A. Ashley and R. G. H. Smails, “From Canadian Crown Corporations,” in
Barbara Wake Carroll, et al. eds., Classic Readings in Canadian Public Administration
Week 19 – February 10 – Ethics in the Public Sector
DeLeon, L. & DeLeon, P. (2002), “The Democratic Ethos and Public Management,”
Administration and Society, 34(2), 229-250.
[Available as an E-Resource from the York University Library website.]
Chapter 13 – Kenneth Kernaghan, “Codes of Ethics and Public Administration: Progress,
Problems, and Prospects,” in Barbara Wake Carroll, et al. eds., Classic Readings in
Canadian Public Administration
Week 20 – February 17* – Term Test
*Second-In Class Quiz
Week 21 – February 19th – 25th – Reading Week/Co-Curricular Week
* No Classes
PART III – Democracy, Policy and Administration
Week 22 – March 2 - The Policy Process and Public Administration
Frug, J. (1990), “Administrative Democracy,” University of Toronto Law Journal, 40(3),
559-586. [Available as an E-Resource from the York University Library website.]
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=00420220%28199022%2940%3A3%3C559%3AAD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L
Chapter 25 – E. L. Morton and Leslie A. Pal, “The Impact of the Charter of Rights on
Public Administration,” in Barbara Wake Carroll, et al. eds., Classic Readings in
Canadian Public Administration
Week 23 – March 9 – Variations in public administration*
*No assigned readings – Research Essay Due Next Week
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Week 24 – March 16* – Democracy, Policy and Administration (I)
Woller, G.M. (1998), “Toward a Reconciliation of the Bureaucratic and the Democratic
Ethos,” Administration and Society, 34(2), 229-250.
[Available as an E-Resource from the York University Library website.]
Chapters 23 and 24 - J. Stefan Dupre, “Reflections on the Workability of Executive
Federalism,” and Albert Breton and Ronald Wintrobe, “Bureaucracy and State
Intervention: Parkinson’s Law?” in Barbara Wake Carroll, et al. eds., Classic Readings in
Canadian Public Administration
*Research Essays Due
Week 25 – March 23 – Democracy, Policy and Administration (II)
Erik-Hans Klijn, Chris Skelcher, “Democracy and Governance Networks: Compatible or
Not?” Public Administration, Volume 85, Issue 3, pages 587–608, September 2007.
[Available as an E-Resource from the York University Library website.]
Chapter 28 – Kenneth Woodside, “The Political Economy of Policy Instruments: Tax
Expenditures and Subsidies in Canada,” in Barbara Wake Carroll, et al. eds., Classic
Readings in Canadian Public Administration
Week 26 – March 30 – Review and Conclusions: Public Administration in the 21st
Century
*Final exam to be held during the final exam period, April 4th to 20th.
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