Introduction
The power of appointment in government ... steals the stage. It clearly lays down who wins and who loses. It also helps the centre to keep a lid on things ... This gives the centre enormous power and influence. – Donald J. Savoie, Governing from the Centre: The Concentration of Power in Canadian Politics (1999, 361–62) Following closely from the strategy of changing behavior is a political strategy of attempting to change the attitudes and culture of the public service. – B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre, Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective: The Quest for Control (2004, 5) Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master; – obey! – Mary W. Shelley, Frankenstein ([1818] 1965, 178–79)
