ABSTRACT
Public administration has long been seen as the government’s executive mechanism. With this in mind, Gérard Bergeron proposed an analytical model of the state that is quite revealing. Bergeron suggested viewing the government as having an “imperation” role (from the Latin word imperere, which means “giving orders”) toward the administration, with the administration part of an executive function in relation to the government (Bergeron 1993). Since the 1990s, however, several works on governance have revealed a rather more complex relationship between the government and its public administration. Today, public administration is no longer
Introduction ....................................................................................................157 What the Literature Says................................................................................158 Theoretical Framework ..................................................................................161 Methodological Elements ..............................................................................164 A First Round of Analysis .............................................................................166 Conclusion ......................................................................................................169 Endnote ............................................................................................................170 References ........................................................................................................170 Suggested Reading ..........................................................................................172
