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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... British Columbia Arts Council. Printed and bound in Canada by Friesens Text clesign: Artegraphica Design Co. Ltd. Copy editor: Andy Carroll Proofreader: James Leahy lnclexer: Noeline Bridge UBC Press The University of British Columbia ...
... 101 Ontario Municipal Act / I02 Manitoba / I03 Unicity Winnipeg / I03 Intergovernmental Coordination in Manitoba / I06 Saskatchewan / 107 Alberta / 108 Alberta Municipal Government Act/ 108 British Columbia/ viii CONTENTS.
... British Columbia/ 109 Greater Vancouver Regional District/ 111 British Columbia Local Government Act / 111 Community Charter Council Act / 112 Northern Territories: Devolution / 112 Yukon / 113 Northwest Territories / 113 Nunavut/ 114 ...
... British Columbia / 268 Government Use of Information / 269 Public Access to Information and the Protection of Privacy/ 271 Government Communications Departments / 272 Smart Communities / 276 Citizens and the Net / 279 The Private Sector ...
... British Columbia / 9 2.1 The Incorporation of Saint john / 26 2.2 Early Community Participation of Women in Berlin (Kitchener) / 31 2.3 The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike / 33 2.4 Activism in 1970s Sherbrooke / 35 3.1 Referendums and ...
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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 |
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