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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... Regional Government in Ontario / 99 Metropolitan Toronto / 101 Ontario Municipal Act / 102 Manitoba / 103 Unicity Winnipeg / 103 Intergovernmental Coordination in Manitoba / 106 Saskatchewan / 107 Alberta / 108 Alberta Municipal ...
... 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 Conclusion / 115 6 Contemporary ...
... Greater Saint John / 93 5.2 Amalgamation in Sherbrooke , Quebec / 98 5.3 The Regional Municipality of Waterloo / 100 5.4 Amalgamation in Prince George, British Columbia / 110 6.1 TABLES , FIGURES , AND BOXES xiii Tables, Figures, and Boxes.
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المحتوى
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 | |