IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
This series is sponsored by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada as part of its commitment to encourage research on issues in Canadian public administration, public sector management, and public policy. It also seeks to foster wider knowledge and understanding among practitioners, academics, and the general public.
Editor: Luc Juillet, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
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Statecraft
Canadian Prime Ministers and Their Cabinets
Price:
$49.95
ISBN: 9781487558970
Pub Date: April 2025
This collection of innovative essays explores the politics of cabinet government in Canada through the lens of statecraft, revealing how Canadian prime ministers have exercised their leadership since 1867.
Top Secret Canada
Understanding the Canadian Intelligence and National Security Community
Price:
$39.95
ISBN: 9781487525279
Pub Date: March 2021
Top Secret Canada is the first comprehensive study of national security agencies in Canada, discussing how they interact, overlap, and perform.
The Four Lenses of Population Aging
Planning for the Future in Canada’s Provinces
Price:
$47.95
ISBN: 9781442612631
Pub Date: May 2021
This book analyses the actions and plans enacted by the ten Canadian provinces to prepare for the new reality of an aging society.
Distributed Democracy
Health Care Governance in Ontario
Price:
$66.00
ISBN: 9781487507251
Pub Date: March 2020
This is the first book-length work to analyse Ontario’s Local Health Integration Networks
Local Government in a Global World
Australia and Canada in Comparative Perspective
Price:
$31.95
ISBN: 9781487526078
Pub Date: March 2020
Unique in its thematic selection and in its compare-and-contrast structure, Local Government in a Global World provides a valuable reference for those seeking to understand how effective local government is structured and managed.
A Quiet Evolution
The Emergence of Indigenous-Local Intergovernmental Partnerships in Canada
Price:
$34.95
ISBN: 9781487522643
Pub Date: November 2017
In A Quiet Evolution, Christopher Alcantara and Jen Nelles look closely at hundreds of agreements from across Canada and at four case studies drawn from Ontario, Quebec, and Yukon Territory to explore relationships between Indigenous and local governments.
Backrooms and Beyond
Partisan Advisers and the Politics of Policy Work in Canada
Price:
$43.95
ISBN: 9781442626355
Pub Date: April 2016
Backrooms and Beyond draws on interviews with ministers, senior public servants, and political advisers to offer the first detailed Canadian treatment of how that influence is gained and exercised in the policy making process.
Behind the Scenes
The Life and Work of William Clifford Clark
Price:
$55.00
ISBN: 9781442610521
Pub Date: December 2010
Robert A. Wardhaugh chronicles Clark's contributions to Canada's modern state in Behind the Scenes, which reconstructs the public life and ideas of one of Canada's most important bureaucrats.
Dream No Little Dreams
A Biography of the Douglas Government of Saskatchewan, 1944-1961
Price:
$59.00
ISBN: 9780802086334
Pub Date: December 2004
Dream No Little Dreams offers rich insight into the initial planning stages of Medicare and details the protracted struggle with the medical profession that followed as Douglas fought to implement it.
Overpromising and Underperforming?
Understanding and Evaluating New Intergovernmental Accountability Regimes
Price:
$49.95
ISBN: 9781442613348
Pub Date: January 2013
Drawing on the experiences of other federal systems and multilevel governance structures, the contributors investigate how public reporting has been used in various policy fields and the impact it has had on policy-making and intergovernmental relations.
Canada’s Department of External Affairs, Volume 3
Innovation and Adaptation, 1968–1984
Price:
$89.00
ISBN: 9781487502249
Pub Date: May 2017
Volume three of the official history of Canada’s Department of External Affairs offers readers an unparalleled look at the evolving structures underpinning Canadian foreign policy from 1968 to 1984.
Fields of Authority
Special Purpose Governance in Ontario, 1815-2015
Price:
$78.00
ISBN: 9781487500184
Pub Date: May 2016
In Fields of Authority, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Lucas uses a “policy fields” approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present.
Funding Policies and the Nonprofit Sector in Western Canada
Evolving Relationships in a Changing Environment
Price:
$78.00
ISBN: 9781442637009
Pub Date: March 2016
The chapters in this collection offer compelling and candid analyses of the realities of nonprofit funding in Western Canada.
Federalism in Action
The Devolution of Canada’s Public Employment Service, 1995-2015
Price:
$106.00
ISBN: 9781487503109
Pub Date: May 2018
Federalism in Action assesses how Canada’s public employment service is performing after responsibility was transferred from the federal government to provinces, territories, and Aboriginal organizations between 1995 and 2015.
The Guardian
Perspectives on the Ministry of Finance of Ontario
Price:
$85.00
ISBN: 9781442642546
Pub Date: June 2011
The 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.'
Digital State at the Leading Edge
Price:
$56.00
ISBN: 9780802094902
Pub Date: January 2007
Digital State at the Leading Edge is the first attempt to take a comprehensive view of the impact of IT upon the whole of government, including politics and campaigning, public consultation, service delivery, knowledge management, and procurement.

Statecraft
Canadian Prime Ministers and Their Cabinets
$49.95
ISBN: 9781487558970
Pub Date: April 2025
Top Secret Canada
Understanding the Canadian Intelligence and National Security Community
$39.95
ISBN: 9781487525279
Pub Date: March 2021
Top Secret Canada is the first comprehensive study of national security agencies in Canada, discussing how they interact, overlap, and perform.
The Four Lenses of Population Aging
Planning for the Future in Canada’s Provinces
$47.95
ISBN: 9781442612631
Pub Date: May 2021
This book analyses the actions and plans enacted by the ten Canadian provinces to prepare for the new reality of an aging society.
Distributed Democracy
Health Care Governance in Ontario
$66.00
ISBN: 9781487507251
Pub Date: March 2020
This is the first book-length work to analyse Ontario’s Local Health Integration Networks
Local Government in a Global World
Australia and Canada in Comparative Perspective
$31.95
ISBN: 9781487526078
Pub Date: March 2020
Unique in its thematic selection and in its compare-and-contrast structure, Local Government in a Global World provides a valuable reference for those seeking to understand how effective local government is structured and managed.
A Quiet Evolution
The Emergence of Indigenous-Local Intergovernmental Partnerships in Canada
$34.95
ISBN: 9781487522643
Pub Date: November 2017
In A Quiet Evolution, Christopher Alcantara and Jen Nelles look closely at hundreds of agreements from across Canada and at four case studies drawn from Ontario, Quebec, and Yukon Territory to explore relationships between Indigenous and local governments.
Backrooms and Beyond
Partisan Advisers and the Politics of Policy Work in Canada
$43.95
ISBN: 9781442626355
Pub Date: April 2016
Backrooms and Beyond draws on interviews with ministers, senior public servants, and political advisers to offer the first detailed Canadian treatment of how that influence is gained and exercised in the policy making process.
Behind the Scenes
The Life and Work of William Clifford Clark
$55.00
ISBN: 9781442610521
Pub Date: December 2010
Robert A. Wardhaugh chronicles Clark's contributions to Canada's modern state in Behind the Scenes, which reconstructs the public life and ideas of one of Canada's most important bureaucrats.
Dream No Little Dreams
A Biography of the Douglas Government of Saskatchewan, 1944-1961
$59.00
ISBN: 9780802086334
Pub Date: December 2004
Dream No Little Dreams offers rich insight into the initial planning stages of Medicare and details the protracted struggle with the medical profession that followed as Douglas fought to implement it.
Overpromising and Underperforming?
Understanding and Evaluating New Intergovernmental Accountability Regimes
$49.95
ISBN: 9781442613348
Pub Date: January 2013
Drawing on the experiences of other federal systems and multilevel governance structures, the contributors investigate how public reporting has been used in various policy fields and the impact it has had on policy-making and intergovernmental relations.
Canada’s Department of External Affairs, Volume 3
Innovation and Adaptation, 1968–1984
$89.00
ISBN: 9781487502249
Pub Date: May 2017
Volume three of the official history of Canada’s Department of External Affairs offers readers an unparalleled look at the evolving structures underpinning Canadian foreign policy from 1968 to 1984.
Fields of Authority
Special Purpose Governance in Ontario, 1815-2015
$78.00
ISBN: 9781487500184
Pub Date: May 2016
In Fields of Authority, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Lucas uses a “policy fields” approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present.
Funding Policies and the Nonprofit Sector in Western Canada
Evolving Relationships in a Changing Environment
$78.00
ISBN: 9781442637009
Pub Date: March 2016
The chapters in this collection offer compelling and candid analyses of the realities of nonprofit funding in Western Canada.
Federalism in Action
The Devolution of Canada’s Public Employment Service, 1995-2015
$106.00
ISBN: 9781487503109
Pub Date: May 2018
Federalism in Action assesses how Canada’s public employment service is performing after responsibility was transferred from the federal government to provinces, territories, and Aboriginal organizations between 1995 and 2015.
The Guardian
Perspectives on the Ministry of Finance of Ontario
$85.00
ISBN: 9781442642546
Pub Date: June 2011
The 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.'
Digital State at the Leading Edge
$56.00
ISBN: 9780802094902
Pub Date: January 2007
Digital State at the Leading Edge is the first attempt to take a comprehensive view of the impact of IT upon the whole of government, including politics and campaigning, public consultation, service delivery, knowledge management, and procurement.