What Is Government Good at?

"What Is Government Good At? is a major contribution to research on Canadian government and the threats to Canadian democracy and public administration. Savoie writes with skill and flair and there are excellent and interesting insights in every chapter of this book." G. Bruce Doern, Carleton University "Can we get a copy of Donald J. Savoie's "What Is Government Good At? A Canadian Answer" onto the reading stand of every candidate for president of the United States?... Savoie's book is not a prescription as much as it is a field guide to government and "Savoie draws clear distinctions between what government is good at, largely those things it is uniquely placed to deliver – and a much longer list of things at which government is not good. Savoie makes a strong case that government must focus on its str "Can we get a copy of Donald J. Savoie's "What Is Government Good At? A Canadian Answer" onto the reading stand of every candidate for president of the United States?... Savoie's book is not a prescription as much as it is a field guide to government and its performance. He's not arguing that government should get out of the way - the Republican view in this country, a legacy of Ronald Reagan - as much as he argues that government needs to burnish its performance." David M. Shribman, Pittsburg Post-Gazette "Savoie draws clear distinctions between what government is good at, largely those things it is uniquely placed to deliver - and a much longer list of things at which government is not good. Savoie makes a strong case that government must focus on its str "What Is Government Good At? Is a major contribution to research on Canadian government and the threats to Canadian democracy and public administration. Savoie writes with skill and flair and there are excellent and interesting insights in every chapter o