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The success of economic and political development in Canada's provincial Norths will be determined in large part by how successfully decision-making processes accommodate Northern Aboriginal political culture. This paper examines Northern Aboriginal political culture through the case of Saskatchewan's Northern Administrative District. We argue that kinship organizational networks and family systems have shaped Northern Saskatchewan Aboriginal political culture. We also argue that current Northern Aboriginal political culture is a blended political culture, with two dominant generational subcultures co-existing and influencing political behaviour and attitudes. We explain how these subcultures arose, and discuss the implications of the current blended political culture for the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In an influential 2002 study, John Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse make the provocative argument that high numbers of Americans seek "stealth democracy," that is, processes that discover the will of the people without requiring substantial citizen effort. This article applies the concept in a Canadian province and argues that the stealth democracy measure represents an ambiguous amalgam of attitudes that are only loosely related to one another, and which do not appear to represent a single, underlying concept. We draw on 2011 Saskatchewan Election Study data and find that Saskatchewan responses to the stealth democracy items generally parallel the responses gathered in previous studies conducted in the United States, Finland, Britain, and Australia. We move beyond these studies by examining the components of the stealth democracy index. We conclude by suggesting that the concept of stealth democracy be rebuilt to better distinguish among attitudes toward democracy, politics, and governing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Copyright of Canadian Public Administration is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Examines the views of provincial public employees concerning how policy capacity can be strengthened in Saskatchewan, Canada. Policy processes in Saskatchewan; Functions of public servants in policy making; Ways of strengthening policy capacity.