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Political Accountability vs. Bureaucratic Autonomy: The Need for Changes in Policy-Making Procedures.

Title: Political Accountability vs. Bureaucratic Autonomy: The Need for Changes in Policy-Making Procedures.
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Political Accountability vs. Bureaucratic Autonomy: The Need for Changes in Policy-Making Procedures.
Accountability is the essence of our democratic form of government. It is the liability assumed by all those who exercise authority to account for the manner in which they have fulfilled responsibilities entrusted to them, a liability ultimately to the Canadian people owed by Parliament, by the government and thus, every governmental department and agency. Without it, power in the hands of the wrong individual or group could be abused to the extent where laws …showed first 75 words of 3901 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 3901 total…Press, New York, 1997. Marshall, Geoffrey. "Constitutional Conventions: The Rules and Forms of Political Accountability." Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. Meier, Kenneth. "Politics and the Bureaucracy." Harcourt College Publishers, 2000. Peters, Guy. "The Problem of Bureaucratic Government." The Journal of Politics, Volume 43, Issue 1 (Feb., 1991) Siegel, David and Kernaghan, Kenneth. "Public Administration in Canada. 3rd ed." Toronto: Nelson Canada, 1995. Sutherland, S. l. "Responsible Government and Ministerial Responsibility: Every Reform is its Own Problem." Canadian Journal of Political Science, v. 24, March 1991.

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