Governing Ourselves?: The Politics of Canadian CommunitiesUBC Press, 01/11/2011 - 352 من الصفحات Popular rhetoric suggests that the twenty-first century has ushered in an era of homogeneity. Urbanization, globalization, amalgamation, media conglomeration, and technological convergence have become familiar terms. Given the pressures of integration and assimilation, how are people within communities able to make decisions about their own environment, whether individually or collectively? To what extent can they govern themselves? Governing Ourselves? explores issues of influence and power within local institutions and decision-making processes using numerous illustrations from municipalities across Canada. It shows how communities large and small, from Toronto to Iqaluit, have distinctive political cultures and therefore respond differently to changing global and domestic environments. Case studies of Prince George, Sherbrooke, Saint John, and Kitchener-Waterloo are used to illuminate historical and contemporary challenges to local governance. This stimulating book covers traditional topics such as government structures and institutions and intergovernmental relations. It also reaches more broadly into areas of inquiry relevant to geography, urban planning, environmental studies, public administration, sociology, and Canadian studies. |
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... financial support for our publishing program of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program ( BPIDP ) , and of the Canada Council for the Arts , and the British Columbia Arts Council . Printed and ...
... Finance: Administration and Management / 243 The Municipal Budget / 244 Public Choice and Education Policy / 250 Conclusion / 252 PART 5: SURFING INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: LOCAL POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS 12 Local Channels of ...
... Financial Administration versus Local Financial Management / 249 12.1 Kitchener (Berlin) and the News Record / 265 12.2 Lobbying and the Media / 270 12.3 Sherbrooke's Communications Department (Division des communications) / 273 12.4 ...
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Introduction | 3 |
LOCAL DEMOCRACY A CONTESTED NOTION | 11 |
SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITIES INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS | 75 |
THE POLITICS OF SPACE PLACE AND ECOSYSTEMS | 139 |
THE BUSINESS OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY | 199 |
SURFING INTO THE TWENTYFIRST CENTURY LOCAL POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS | 255 |
Notes | 285 |
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Photography Credits | 315 |
317 | |