Through extensive interviews with the key participants, Professor Borins reveals the interplay of organizational ideologies and interests and leaders' personalities that characterized the conflict. He traces its evolution from the early formation of a francophone pressure group, through the airline pilots' strike in June 1976 in support of the controllers, to the agreement between the pilots' and controllers' unions and the Minister of Transport which the French Canadians saw as a humiliating defeat, and to the eventual acknowledgement by the Clark government in August 1979 that bilingual air traffic control was safe.  Borins discusses the implications of these events for public policy and French-English relations and concludes that the federal government's ability in this case to meet francophone demands quite rapidly is cause for optimism about the ability of the federal state to accommodate francophone aspirations.

The Language of Skies: The Bilingual Air Traffic Control Conflict in Canada (Canadian Public Administration Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Borins, Sandford F.

Social Sciences

McGill Queens Univ Pr

Through extensive interviews with the key participants, Professor Borins reveals the interplay of organizational ideologies and interests and leaders' personalities that characterized the conflict. He traces its evolution from the early formation of a francophone pressure group, through the airline pilots' strike in June 1976 in support of the controllers, to the agreement between the pilots' and controllers' unions and the Minister of Transport which the French Canadians saw as a humiliating defeat, and to the eventual acknowledgement by the Clark government in August 1979 that bilingual air traffic control was safe. Borins discusses the implications of these events for public policy and French-English relations and concludes that the federal government's ability in this case to meet francophone demands quite rapidly is cause for optimism about the ability of the federal state to accommodate francophone aspirations.

The Language of the Skies: The Bilingual Air Traffic Control Conflict in Canada

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

McGill-Queen's University Press

Sandford Borins addresses the enduring significance of innovation in government as practiced by public servants, analyzed by scholars, discussed by media, documented by awards, and experienced by the public. In The Persistence of Innovation in Government, he maps the changing landscape of American public sector innovation in the twenty-first century, largely by addressing three key questions:
 • Who innovates?
 • When, why, and how do they do it?
 • What are the persistent obstacles and the proven methods for overcoming them?
 Probing both the process and the content of innovation in the public sector, Borins identifies major shifts and important continuities. His examination of public innovation combines several elements: his analysis of the Harvard Kennedy School's Innovations in American Government Awards program; significant new research on government performance; and a fresh look at the findings of his earlier, highly praised book Innovating with Integrity: How Local Heroes Are Transforming American Government. He also offers a thematic survey of the field's burgeoning literature, with a particular focus on international comparison.

The Persistence of Innovation in Government (Brookings / Ash Center Series, "Innovative Governance in the 21st Century")

Business & Money

Industries

Brookings Institution Press

Tests quantitatively some hypotheses about innovation in local US government. Analyzes data collected in 1993-94 from responses to a complex, open-ended questionnaire sent to semifinalists for an innovation award to profile the types of innovations, the characteristics of those who initiate them, characteristics of the innovation process, financial resources, organizational structure, and the evaluation of the outcomes. Paper edition (unseen), $23.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Innovating With Integrity: How Local Heroes Are Transforming American Government

Management & Leadership

Georgetown Univ Pr

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