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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... ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY 10 Local Public Administration / 201 Principles of Public Administration / 203 Accountability, Efficiency and Effectiveness / 207 Administrative Models / 209 Council-Committee Model / 209 City Manager and Chief ...
... Public Administration / 233 The Welfare State / 235 Alternative Service Delivery / 235 The New Public Management / 238 The Case of RIM Park and Waterloo Inc. / 240 The Case of Finance: Administration and Management / 243 The Municipal ...
... Public Interest in Berlin (later Kitchener) / 236 11.2 Local 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 ...
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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 |
307 | |
Photography Credits | 315 |
317 | |