Students who approach their studies in a systematic and organised manner are more likely to complete the course successfully than are those who do not plan a course of action for themselves. You are advised, therefore, to follow a study schedule to assist you in budgeting your time and scheduling your progress.

As you complete each activity, check it off so you will know it is done and can actually see the progress you are making in the course. Be sure to call your tutor if you have difficulty with the material, or if you are unable to adhere to the schedule as suggested. If you find yourself falling behind in your course work, contact your tutor immediately. He or she will be able to advise you as to what options are available to you. You may, of course, proceed more quickly than is suggested by this study schedule.

Week Study Guide Unit Readings Assignment
1 Unit 1—Introduction to Changing Patterns of Governance: Exploring the Course Themes From the Reading File read:

Reading 1, John Shields and B. Mitchell Evans, “Public Sector Change and the Crisis of Governance”

Reading 2, Murray Dobbin, “Democracy, the State, and the Corporate Citizen”

From the text: Stephen McBride and John Shields. 1997. Dismantling a Nation: The Transition to Corporate Rule in Canada, 2nd ed. Halifax: Fernwood. (hereafter, this text will be referred to as “McBride and Shields” or the “McBride and Shields text”) Read the “Introduction”

From the text: Jamie Brownlee. 2005. Ruling Canada: Corporate Cohesion and Democracy. Halifax: Fernwood. (hereafter, this text will be referred to as “Brownlee” or the “Brownlee text”) Read the “Introduction”

 
2 Unit 2—The Business–Government–Society Relationship: The Foundations of Business Power and Influence From the Reading File read:

Reading 3, Stephen Brooks and Andrew Stritch, “Business-Government Relations”

Reading 4, D. Wayne Taylor, Allan A. Warrack, and Mark C. Baetz, “A Brief Historical Background”

From the McBride and Shields text read:

Chapter 1, “The Canadian State and the Neo-Liberal Revolution” Chapter 2, “The Post-War Canadian State”

From the Brownlee text read:

Chapter 1, “The Elite Unity Debate” Chapter 3, “Interlocking Directorates” Chapter 7, “Interpersonal, Social and Political Ties”
















Submit TME 1: Key Concepts
3–4 Unit 3—Free Trade, Globalization and the Internationalization of Corporate Domination From the Reading File read:

Reading 5: Ramesh Mishra, “After Globalization: Social Policy in an Open Economy” Reading 6: Tony Clarke, “Global Managers”

From the McBride and Shields text read:

Chapter 7, “National Policies, Continentalism, and the New Global Order” Chapter 8, “Embracing Free Trade: Embedding Neo-Liberalism”

From the Brownlee text read:

Chapter 4, “Intersectoral Policy Organizations”

 
5–6 Unit 4—The Mass Media and the Shaping of Ruling Ideas: Does Ownership Matter? From the Brownlee text read:

Chapter 2, “Concentrated Economic Ownership”

From the Reading File read:

Reading 7, Frederick J. Fletcher and Robert Everett, “The Media and Canadian Politics in an Era of Globalization”

Reading 8, Bohdan Szuchewycz and Jeannette Sloniowski, “Media Ownership: He Who Pays the Piper” James Winter and Amir Hassanpour, “Why the Media Speaks the Language of Business and Government” Peter Y. Atkinson, “Big Chains Essential to Survival of Quality Canadian Newspapers” Peter Desbarats, “Conrad Black and the Newspaper Universe”

Reading 9, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, “A Propaganda Model”

From the Brownlee text read:

Chapter 5, “Advocacy Think Tanks”























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7–8 Unit 5—Regulation, De-regulation and State Restructuring: Case Studies From the McBride and Shields text read:

Chapter 3, “Dismantling the Post-War Economic Order”

Chapter 4, “Dismantling the Post-War Social Order”

Chapter 5, “Neo-Liberalism, the Constitution and Canada’s Federal Condition”

Chapter 6, “Quasi-Constitutional Change Under Chrétien”

From the Reading File read:

Reading 10, Ian Gough, “Social Policy and Economic Policy”

 
9–10 Unit 6—Marketization of the State: The New Public Management and the Citizen as Consumer From the Reading File read:

Reading 11, B. Guy Peters, “Public-Service Reform: Comparative Perspectives”

Reading 12, Christopher Pollitt, “Managerialism Revisited”

Reading 13, Jon Pierre, “The Marketization of the State: Citizens, Consumers, and the Emergence of the Public Market”

From the Digital Reading Room read:

Jocelyne Bourgon, “Responsive, Responsible and Respected Government: Towards a New Public Administration Theory”

Optional Supplemental Readings:

Shields and Evans, Chapter 3, “Re-engineering the Public Sector: The Theory and Political Economy of Neo-Liberal Public Administration,” and Chapter 4, “Praxis of Neo-liberal Public Administration,” in Shrinking the State: Globalization and Public Administration “Reform.”

 
11–12 Unit 7—Civic Society, Partnerships and the Third Sector From the Reading File read:

Reading 14, Leslie A. Pal, “Civic Re-alignment: NGOs and the Contemporary Welfare State”

Reading 15, Bryan Evans, Ted Richmond, and John Shields, “Structuring Neoliberal Governance: The Nonprofit Sector, Emerging New Modes of Control and the Marketisation of Service Delivery”

Reading 16, Joan Roelofs, “The Third Sector as a Protective Layer for Capitalism”

From the Brownlee text read:

Chapter 6, “Free-Enterprise Foundations” and Chapter 8, “Challenging Corporate Rule”












Submit TME 2: Informational Report

Apply for the Final Examination
13–14 Unit 8—Governance in a Global Era: The Future of the Canadian Public Sector and the Threat to Social Cohesion From the McBride and Shields text read:

Chapter 9, “Conclusions and Alternatives”

From the course package read:

The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, Final Report On Social Cohesion

From the Reading File read:

Reading 17, Anthony Giddens, “The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy”

 
15     Study for Final Examination
16     Write Final Examination
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