A Paul Pross
Biographic Data
| ID | 5689480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Paul Pross |
| GIVEN NAMES | A Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Pross |
| SIGNATURE | PROSS A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Innovation diffusion and networking
Lobby legislation and regulation in Canada are relatively new. The federal government was the first to enact lobby legislation in 1989, requiring only the most basic information. Eight provinces have since proclaimed lobby legislation and another has legislation pending. This article explores whether there was a common trajectory for lobby regulations and identifies the factors fostering similarity and differentiation. Using diffusion theory and …
Barriers to third‐party advertising in C anadian elections
A survey of public interest group leaders suggests some reasons why few third parties have chosen to advertise in recent elections. It indicates that public interest groups abstain from election advertising not because of the strictures of the C anada Elections Act but for other reasons, notably cost and fear of losing charitable status or of jeopardizing their access to and influence with officials. While the significance of these findings is li…
The intellectual legacy of J.E. Hodgetts
J.E. (Ted) Hodgetts was influenced by both the political economy approach that he learned at the University of Toronto and by the comprehensive historical method developed by Leonard White, under whom he studied at Chicago. His first great project, Pioneer Public Service, convinced him that responsible government was impossible without responsible public administration. The authors examine how his response to management theories and practices evo…
A Sovereign Idea
In these essays, written during the last fifteen years, Whitaker analyses the paradoxes of federalism and democracy in a society which is deeply divided by region, language, and class. He examines the thought and action of such diverse figures as Mackenzie King, Harold Innis, William Irvine, and Pierre Trudeau and evaluates their impact on Canadian society both then and now. With an astute critical eye he surveys constitutional reform and the que…
Typologies, Claims, Institutions and the Capacity for Discourse
The discussion of the institutional continuum raise several important questions, but, as a test of the typology, it is inadequate for two core reasons: 1/ It tests the typology with a survey instrument not designed for the purpose; 2/ The typology is not applied systematically to the groups investigated. As well, the description of the typology that is used is drawn almost exclusively from the 1975 article in which I first represented it, and fro…
Assessing public administration education in Canada
Economic Resurgence and the Constitutional Agenda
Parliamentary Influence and the Diffusion of Power
Several phenomena which have been separately observed in Canada are linked: namely the diffusion of power within the executive-administrative branch, the proliferation and expanded role of pressure groups, and the increased attention parliament has been receiving from interest organizations. Suggesting that this last may reflect fundamental changes in the policy system as a whole, it is argued that a tendency toward bureaucratic pluralism has led…
Gouverner sous pression
Governing under pressure
How Ottawa Decides
The Political Economy of Interest Groups in the Legislative Process in Canada
Public administration texts
Book reviewed in this article: The Craft of Public Administration. By george e. berkley . Boston & Toronto: Allyn and Bacon. 1974. Pp. 504. $16.50 ( cloth ) Dynamics of Public Bureaucracy: An Introduction to Public Administration. By fred a. kramer . Cambridge, Mass.: Winthrop. 1977. Pp. 290. $12.00 ( paper ) Public Administration: A Synthesis. By howard e. mccurdy . Manlo Park, Calif.: Cummings. 1977. Pp. 424. $12.95 ( cloth ) Public Bureaucraci…
Planning and Development
Although it has been around since 1975, this study is still timely and deserves the attention of anyone who is, or pretends to be, interested in the often misunderstood exercises of social planning and economic development. Paul Pross neatly pinpoints the problems that can arise when governments place development ahead of planning, when job creation is given priority over the impact of new industry on a community and its people. The Nova Scotia c…
Coastal Zone
onids, pikeperches) are understandably longer and mole detailed than others. Otherwise one must go to the original publications by other authors. Descriptions are uncritical, vague, and misleading. Never, for example, do the authors discuss the substantial difficulties in determining whether a retina contains only rods, how many layers or types of a given cell class are present, whether all cells in the amacrine cell layer are amacrines, etc. The…
Pressure Group Behaviour in Canadian Politics
Graduate education in Canadian public administration
Education in Canadian public administration has undergone some significant changes in the past decade. One of these changes with profound educational implications is the relationship between political science and public administration. The authors examine the nature and extent of this relationship by first discussing the intellectual origins of modern Canadian public administration. This is done by reviewing important aspects of the American wing…
Canadian pressure groups in the 1970s
Pressure groups, defined as organizations whose members act together to influence public policy in order to promote their common interests, are assumed to be integral to the functioning of the Canadian policy system, now and in the past. Successful interaction between Canadian governments and pressure groups has been typified by consultation and the search for accommodation and consensus. This pattern appears to be changing. The number of pressur…
Government Publishing in the Canadian Provinces
This work examines both the policies and practices o the provincial governments in regard to the services performed by the Queen’s Printers or their equivalents, and the holdings and availability of government documents, both processed and published.
Wilderness and the American Mind
Find information about UTP Journals. University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of me…
The Development of Professions in the Public Service
Innovation diffusion and networking
Lobby legislation and regulation in Canada are relatively new. The federal government was the first to enact lobby legislation in 1989, requiring only the most basic information. Eight provinces have since proclaimed lobby legislation and another has legislation pending. This article explores whether there was a common trajectory for lobby regulations and identifies the factors fostering similarity and differentiation. Using diffusion theory and …
Barriers to third‐party advertising in C anadian elections
A survey of public interest group leaders suggests some reasons why few third parties have chosen to advertise in recent elections. It indicates that public interest groups abstain from election advertising not because of the strictures of the C anada Elections Act but for other reasons, notably cost and fear of losing charitable status or of jeopardizing their access to and influence with officials. While the significance of these findings is li…
Parliamentary Influence and the Diffusion of Power
Several phenomena which have been separately observed in Canada are linked: namely the diffusion of power within the executive-administrative branch, the proliferation and expanded role of pressure groups, and the increased attention parliament has been receiving from interest organizations. Suggesting that this last may reflect fundamental changes in the policy system as a whole, it is argued that a tendency toward bureaucratic pluralism has led…
Canadian pressure groups in the 1970s
Pressure groups, defined as organizations whose members act together to influence public policy in order to promote their common interests, are assumed to be integral to the functioning of the Canadian policy system, now and in the past. Successful interaction between Canadian governments and pressure groups has been typified by consultation and the search for accommodation and consensus. This pattern appears to be changing. The number of pressur…
A Sovereign Idea
In these essays, written during the last fifteen years, Whitaker analyses the paradoxes of federalism and democracy in a society which is deeply divided by region, language, and class. He examines the thought and action of such diverse figures as Mackenzie King, Harold Innis, William Irvine, and Pierre Trudeau and evaluates their impact on Canadian society both then and now. With an astute critical eye he surveys constitutional reform and the que…
Graduate education in Canadian public administration
Education in Canadian public administration has undergone some significant changes in the past decade. One of these changes with profound educational implications is the relationship between political science and public administration. The authors examine the nature and extent of this relationship by first discussing the intellectual origins of modern Canadian public administration. This is done by reviewing important aspects of the American wing…
How Ottawa Decides
The intellectual legacy of J.E. Hodgetts
J.E. (Ted) Hodgetts was influenced by both the political economy approach that he learned at the University of Toronto and by the comprehensive historical method developed by Leonard White, under whom he studied at Chicago. His first great project, Pioneer Public Service, convinced him that responsible government was impossible without responsible public administration. The authors examine how his response to management theories and practices evo…
Governing under pressure
The Political Economy of Interest Groups in the Legislative Process in Canada
Pressure Group Behaviour in Canadian Politics
Gouverner sous pression
The Development of Professions in the Public Service
Wilderness and the American Mind
Find information about UTP Journals. University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of me…
Government Publishing in the Canadian Provinces
This work examines both the policies and practices o the provincial governments in regard to the services performed by the Queen’s Printers or their equivalents, and the holdings and availability of government documents, both processed and published.
Canadian pressure groups in the 1970s
Pressure groups, defined as organizations whose members act together to influence public policy in order to promote their common interests, are assumed to be integral to the functioning of the Canadian policy system, now and in the past. Successful interaction between Canadian governments and pressure groups has been typified by consultation and the search for accommodation and consensus. This pattern appears to be changing. The number of pressur…
Coastal Zone
onids, pikeperches) are understandably longer and mole detailed than others. Otherwise one must go to the original publications by other authors. Descriptions are uncritical, vague, and misleading. Never, for example, do the authors discuss the substantial difficulties in determining whether a retina contains only rods, how many layers or types of a given cell class are present, whether all cells in the amacrine cell layer are amacrines, etc. The…
Pressure Group Behaviour in Canadian Politics
Graduate education in Canadian public administration
Education in Canadian public administration has undergone some significant changes in the past decade. One of these changes with profound educational implications is the relationship between political science and public administration. The authors examine the nature and extent of this relationship by first discussing the intellectual origins of modern Canadian public administration. This is done by reviewing important aspects of the American wing…
Planning and Development
Although it has been around since 1975, this study is still timely and deserves the attention of anyone who is, or pretends to be, interested in the often misunderstood exercises of social planning and economic development. Paul Pross neatly pinpoints the problems that can arise when governments place development ahead of planning, when job creation is given priority over the impact of new industry on a community and its people. The Nova Scotia c…
Public administration texts
Book reviewed in this article: The Craft of Public Administration. By george e. berkley . Boston & Toronto: Allyn and Bacon. 1974. Pp. 504. $16.50 ( cloth ) Dynamics of Public Bureaucracy: An Introduction to Public Administration. By fred a. kramer . Cambridge, Mass.: Winthrop. 1977. Pp. 290. $12.00 ( paper ) Public Administration: A Synthesis. By howard e. mccurdy . Manlo Park, Calif.: Cummings. 1977. Pp. 424. $12.95 ( cloth ) Public Bureaucraci…
The Political Economy of Interest Groups in the Legislative Process in Canada
How Ottawa Decides
Gouverner sous pression
Governing under pressure
Parliamentary Influence and the Diffusion of Power
Several phenomena which have been separately observed in Canada are linked: namely the diffusion of power within the executive-administrative branch, the proliferation and expanded role of pressure groups, and the increased attention parliament has been receiving from interest organizations. Suggesting that this last may reflect fundamental changes in the policy system as a whole, it is argued that a tendency toward bureaucratic pluralism has led…
Economic Resurgence and the Constitutional Agenda
Typologies, Claims, Institutions and the Capacity for Discourse
The discussion of the institutional continuum raise several important questions, but, as a test of the typology, it is inadequate for two core reasons: 1/ It tests the typology with a survey instrument not designed for the purpose; 2/ The typology is not applied systematically to the groups investigated. As well, the description of the typology that is used is drawn almost exclusively from the 1975 article in which I first represented it, and fro…
Assessing public administration education in Canada
A Sovereign Idea
In these essays, written during the last fifteen years, Whitaker analyses the paradoxes of federalism and democracy in a society which is deeply divided by region, language, and class. He examines the thought and action of such diverse figures as Mackenzie King, Harold Innis, William Irvine, and Pierre Trudeau and evaluates their impact on Canadian society both then and now. With an astute critical eye he surveys constitutional reform and the que…
The intellectual legacy of J.E. Hodgetts
J.E. (Ted) Hodgetts was influenced by both the political economy approach that he learned at the University of Toronto and by the comprehensive historical method developed by Leonard White, under whom he studied at Chicago. His first great project, Pioneer Public Service, convinced him that responsible government was impossible without responsible public administration. The authors examine how his response to management theories and practices evo…
Barriers to third‐party advertising in C anadian elections
A survey of public interest group leaders suggests some reasons why few third parties have chosen to advertise in recent elections. It indicates that public interest groups abstain from election advertising not because of the strictures of the C anada Elections Act but for other reasons, notably cost and fear of losing charitable status or of jeopardizing their access to and influence with officials. While the significance of these findings is li…
Innovation diffusion and networking
Lobby legislation and regulation in Canada are relatively new. The federal government was the first to enact lobby legislation in 1989, requiring only the most basic information. Eight provinces have since proclaimed lobby legislation and another has legislation pending. This article explores whether there was a common trajectory for lobby regulations and identifies the factors fostering similarity and differentiation. Using diffusion theory and …
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