Governing from the Centre: The Concentration of Power in Canadian Politics

by Donald J. Savoie

Book Overview

Redefined during the past thirty years, the centre of government currently extends itself further than ever before. Central governmental agencies are 'where the rubber meets the road', where public... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802082521
• ISBN13: 9780802082527
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A warning that dictatorship threatens Canadian Democracy

Since Trudeau, Canadian Prime Ministers have centralized power in the Prime Minister's Office, and the office of the Privy Council. Unknown bureaucrats now preempt the power that used to belong to Parliament, and more recently, Cabinet. Chretien wields more raw power than most 3rd World dictators. A very readable "mystery", that explains APEC pepper spraying, the Somalia Affair, etc.