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Book SynopsisThe 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.'
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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 ROWNSEY 2 From ‘Treasury’ to ‘Finance’: The Anatomy of a Guardian, 1961–2001 PATRICE DUTIL AND DEVYN LEONARD 3 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. BRYDEN 5 From Pragmatism to Neoliberalism: Ontario’s Hesitant Farewell to Dr Keynes BRYAN EVANS AND JOHN SHIELDS 6 Thoughts into Words: The Budget Speech, 1968–2003 PATRICE DUTIL, PETER RYAN, AND ANDRÉ GOSSIGNAC 7 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 DUFOUR 9 Budget Making in the Ontario Ministry of Finance, 1985–2000 KEN OGATA AND GARY SPRAAKMAN 10 ‘Guardian’ as ‘Spender’: Infrastructure Investment, 1960–2005 GERVAN FEARON 11 Guardians in Check: The Impact of Health Care on the Ontario Budget, 1960–2004 PATRICE DUTI L Conclusion PATRICE DUTIL Contributors
