Canada's Official Languages - (Politics and Public Policy) by Helaina Gaspard (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This book is the first in-depth study of the implementation of official languages policy in the federal public service from 1967-2013 in the National Capital Region. Its analysis of language policy confronting actors, ideas, and institutions explains the state of the language of work in the public service today.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Canada's official languages legislation fundamentally altered the composition and operational considerations of federal institutions. With legislative change, Canada's public service has achieved the equitable representation of its two official languages groups, provided services to the public in both official languages, and has codified rights for public servants to work in their official language of choice. On paper, the regime is robust. In practice, there is a persistent divergence between policy and practice, as English dominates as the regular language of work in the federal public service.</p><p>Through an historical institutionalist lens based on extensive archival research and semi-structured interviews, Gaspard shows that the implementation of official languages policy in the federal public service from 1967-2013 could not challenge the predominance of English as the operating language of the federal public service.</p><p>The analysis of the roles of actors, ideas and institutions that influenced the policy implementation process show that a lack of structural change, inadequate managerial engagement, and a false sense that both official languages are equally ingrained in the public service explain the persistence of English as the dominant language of work.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Compelling and convincing": This book is situated at the confluence of public administration and language policy and manages to offer an important and original contribution to both fields. (...) Gaspard develops a compelling analytical narrative around institutionalism, path dependency and layering to explain the shortcomings of the successive language reforms and the role of various actors within the state apparatus. (...) This book should be included in reading lists and research on public administration in Canada. It convincingly illustrates the amount of time and effort devoted to language reform within the public service in Canada, which has not received the necessary attention from the field. It also has the potential to foster comparative studies with other countries that aim to have a linguistically representative bureaucracy. Gaspard offers a unique perspective that must not go unnoticed.-- (01/03/2020)<br><br>Vous allez faire tout un impact avec ce que vous avez trouvé là-dedans. C'est un travail de moine que vous avez fait. À lire absolument!-- (03/06/2019)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Helaina Gaspard</b> holds a PhD from the University of Ottawa's School of Political Studies and is Senior Research Associate at the University of Ottawa's Jean-Luc Pepin Research Chair in Canadian government. Her research focusses on institutions, their foundations, stakeholder environments and sustainability.
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