This volume explores and contextualizes the contributions of Gilles Paquet as a social scientist. A quintessential public intellectual, Gilles Paquet's long and multifaceted career has shown him to be a thinker of significant power and creativity. This self-described 'homo hereticus' - always critical and sometimes controversial - has influenced scholars and policy makers in Canada and around the globe. The contributors reveal how his assessments of economics, politics, public administration, and education have stirred their minds and helped them make sense of the world around them. The volume also provides comments on Paquet's vision of governance, touching on concepts of which he has made extensive use: meso-analysis, social learning, and moral contracts. Cet ouvrage examine et remet en contexte les travaux de Gilles Paquet, economiste et historien qui tout au long de sa carriere a ete un intellectuel public et un penseur d'une remarquable creativite. Celui qui se decrit lui-meme comme un 'homo hereticus' - esprit critique ne craignant pas la controverse - a exerce une grande influence dans les milieux universitaires et dans le monde des decideurs au Canada et ailleurs. Les auteurs montrent comment ses ecrits et ses commentaires sur l'economie, la politique, l'administration publique et l'education les ont aides a mieux comprendre le monde qui les entoure. Cet ouvrage presente notamment certaines des reactions par rapport a sa conception de la gouvernance et a son usage de concepts tels la meso-analyse, l'apprentissage social et le contrat moral.
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Explores and contextualizes the contributions of Gilles Paquet as a social scientist. This book reveals how his assessments of economics, politics, public administration, and education have stirred their minds and helped them make sense of the world around them.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780776606927
Publisert
2009-03-28
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Ottawa Press
Vekt
499 gr
Høyde
203 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
402

Biographical note

Caroline Andrew is a professor at the School of Political Studies and director of the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa. Ruth Hubbard is a senior fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa. Jeffrey Roy is associate professor in the School of Public Administration at Dalhousie University.