Examines the increasing role played by the third sector in Canada. Students will examine alternative allocations of responsibility for solving particular social and public problems – voluntary, not-for-profit, for-profit, joint public/private, public encouraged/subsidized, and publicly coerced – along with examples, reasons, and theories for particular forms of organization, new methods of accountability and tensions between government and its new partners. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hoursRestriction(s): Admission into the Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) program, Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) program, Ph.D. program, or by permission of the instructor.
Examines the increasing role played by the third sector in Canada. Students will examine alternative allocations of responsibility for solving particular social and public problems – voluntary, not-for-profit, for-profit, joint public/private, public encouraged/subsidized, and publicly coerced – along with examples, reasons, and theories for particular forms of organization, new methods of accountability and tensions between government and its new partners. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hoursRestriction(s): Admission into the Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) program, Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) program, Ph.D. program, or by permission of the instructor.
