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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... Noeline Bridge UBC Press The University of British Columbia 2029 West Mall Vancouver , BC V6T 1Z2 604-822-5959 / Fax : 604-822-6083 www.ubcpress.ca. 1 Malcolm M. Somerville, introduction to Saint John: A.
... Saint John / 213 Implications of Contemporary Structural Reorganizations / 214 The ABCs of Special Purpose Bodies / 220 Public Administration and Policy / 221 The Policy Process / 223 Broadening the Agenda: Policy Making for a ...
... Saint John , 2003 / 219 Boxes I.1 Saint John , Brunswick / 5 1.2 Sherbrooke , Quebec / 6 1.3 Kitchener and Waterloo , Ontario / 7 1.4 Prince George , British Columbia / 9 2.1 The Incorporation of Saint John / 26 2.2 Early Community ...
... Saint John: A Strategic Position / 143 7.2 Prince George: Centre and Periphery / 146 7.3 Greater Sherbrooke Economic Development Corporation / 148 8.1 Kitchener: Berlin and Boosterism / 156 8.2 Community Gardens / 163 8.3 Bilingualism ...
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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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