{"product_id":"dream-no-little-dreams-a-biography-of-the-douglas-government-of-saskatchewan-1944-1961-9780802086334","title":"Dream No Little Dreams: A Biography of the Douglas Government of Saskatchewan, 1944-1961","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1944, the people of Saskatchewan elected the first socialist government in North America. \u003cem\u003eDream No Little Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e is the biography of that government, led by the great Tommy Douglas of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF, later the New Democratic Party). It is a history of the life of the CCF and a case study in the art and practice of governing; partly a study in the policy decisions of the government, and partly an insider's view. A.W. Johnson - a senior public servant in Saskatchewan during most of the Douglas years - begins by introducing the government's central mission - the transformation of the role of the state - and describes how it achieved this goal over some seventeen years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohnson analyses the roots of the CCF in Saskatchewan history and prairie politics, and its philosophy as it prepared to govern. He describes the policies and programs introduced by the Douglas government, the changes to the machinery of government and the processes of governing, and the creation of a professional public service.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedicare is viewed by many as the greatest achievement of the Douglas government. \u003cem\u003eDream No Little Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e offers rich insight into the initial planning stages of Medicare and details the protracted struggle with the medical profession that followed as Douglas fought to implement it. Johnson also addresses the question of how socialists were going to pay for all their ambitions, and situates the answer in the context of developments in national policy and in federal-provincial fiscal arrangements from the war years through to the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. W. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.02w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802086334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohnson, A. W.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A.W. Johnson was a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto and a deputy minister for various provincial (Saskatchewan) and federal government departments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40136306917491,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8f73624c-8469-4f0f-a9a1-0fe6b8bf8c53.jpg?v=1654263317","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/dream-no-little-dreams-a-biography-of-the-douglas-government-of-saskatchewan-1944-1961-9780802086334","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}