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Pertinence de l’histoire administrative aujourd’hui. Why is administrative history relevant today?. Introduction. Ailleurs on s’y intéresse ; J.E.Hodgetts : Pioneer Public Service (1955); 1ère leçon : portrait d’une société ;
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Pertinence de l’histoire administrative aujourd’hui Why is administrative history relevant today?
Introduction • Ailleurs on s’yintéresse; • J.E.Hodgetts: Pioneer Public Service (1955); • 1ère leçon: portrait d’unesociété; • 2e leçon: no responsible government without responsible administration.
Administrative history gives legitimacy to public service E.N. Gladden (1972), second oldest profession; A. Gingras (1980) sciences de la gestion
Donne des perspectives sur – le dévéloppement H.V.Nelles (1974) et David Lewis (1972); Chemins de fer, mines, forêts et hydro au Québec
Perspectives on institutions • Ralph Heintzman (1997) and institutions from before Confédération; • K. Levasseur (2012), “History matters because the past limits the ability to deviate from a previously chosen path”; • La dépendance au chemin et le Secrétariat de la Province, Gow(2010).
Persepectivessur la corruption • Bourgault & Dion (1994):”Québec’s originality lies in its history of striking contrasts. Nowhere else has a government moved so quickly – in barely twenty years – from one extreme to the other, from systematic patronage and widespread conflicts of interest to a rigorous regime of controls over official behavious”. • 20 ans plus tard, la Commission Charbonneau.
Perspectives sur les finances publiques • Les gouvernements font leur possible pour camouflerleurvraiétat; • Links with the electoral cycle (G. Tellier 2005); • Le Québec a connupire au 19e s.(Gow 1982); • T. Douglas, socialist governments and the banks.
Conclusion • Avant de faire la révolution, penseràl’État et à son administration; • “The four most dangerous words in the English language ‘This time is different’.” (Reinhart& Rogoff 2013). • C’est la fonction du gestionnaire de faire la part des choses.