PPG1000-2 Week 11

… agenda for PPG1000, section 2, 23 November 2016.

Modernizing Government

(Syllabus topic: From Government to Governance)

1 – Introductory comments on Assignments

• Preferred filename format: Lastname_Firstname_Assignment2.docx
• Normal margins, paginate, Word
• Late penalty clarification: “3% first day, 1% per day thereafter, including weekends” applies to mark for assignment (not to mark for full course)
• Meetings to discuss Assignment 2 paper and thoughts on Assignments 3 and 4

2 – Presentation on the core concepts in Modernizing Government

• recall from last week: Competing Values in Governance and Institutions

3 – Seminar discussion

• Introductory reflections (by Leanna, Mavis and Sarah)
• Student insights from the readings, particularly:
  • Grace Skogstad (2003), Political Authority and Legitimacy in Canada
  • Peter Aucoin (2008), New Public Management and New Public Governance

4 – Review of topics in PPG1000 – Reflection on key insights (5-10 minutes per topic)

• The Study of Governance and Institutions (by Alex, Ben, and Mike)
• Constitutional Framework (by Ian and Lina)
• Democratic Reform (by Abraham and James)
• Machinery of Government (by Kristen and Nabeel)
• Institutional Dynamics within Government (by Eva and Nick)
• Federalism (by Bonnie and Macrina)
• Municipal Governance (by Caleb and Kelly)
• Indigenous Governance (by Blake and Leah)
• Courts, Tribunals, and Commissions (by Kayla and Kevin)

5 – Other matters on last class in C360

• Look at all the concepts and terms that you have (or will have) learned – Governance and Institutions
• Connecting the dots between Institutions and Economics
  • Interests
  • Incentives
  • Unintended Consequences
  • Public Choice Theory
• Recommended (!) holiday viewing: Atlas109 Leadership and Communication
• Opportunity to meet with INAC’s Anne Scotton, noon, Monday 5 December – please email id.clark@utoronto.ca if interested

6 – Next week: Plenary Session – Op-Ed Writing and Judging Canada’s Institutions (2 pm, CG160)

• Op-Ed Concepts and Techniques:
  • Basic Op-Ed Structure
  • Lede and Subhead
  • Ledes and News Hooks
  • Andrew Coyne’s Tips for Writing a Column
  • Using Plain Language
• World Bank. 2006. A Decade of Measuring the Quality of Governance. Worldwide Governance Indicators project. Washington, DC: World Bank Institute. 20 pp.
• World Bank. 2014. Country Data Report for Canada, 1996-2013. Worldwide Governance Indicators project. Washington, DC: World Bank Institute. 7 pp.
• Banting, Keith, and John Myles. 2013. “Introduction: Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics,” in Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics, eds. Keith Banting and John Myles, pp. 1-39. Vancouver: UBC Press.
• Heath, Joseph. 2015. “The Forever Campaign: Have Our Politicians Killed Democracy by Being Too Good at Politics?” Ottawa Citizen, August 7.

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