James Iain Gow is Professor of Political Science at the University of Montreal. He is the author of many articles and books including Histoire de l'administration publique quebecoise 1867-1970 (Montreal, Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal and Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1986) and Learning From Others: Administrative Innovations Among Canadian Governments (Canadian Centre for Management Development and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1994).
