{"product_id":"the-guardian-9781442642546","title":"The Guardian","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   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","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408364577111,"sku":"9781442642546","price":50.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442642546.jpg?v=1730502639","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-guardian-9781442642546","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}