Governing Ourselves?: The Politics of Canadian CommunitiesUBC Press, 2004 - 352 من الصفحات Popular rhetoric suggests that the 21st century has ushered in an era of homogeneity. Urbanization, globalization, amalgamation, media conglomeration, and technological convergence have become familiar terms to us -- terms coined to reflect the effect of the complex and diverse forces at work in communities across the country. Given such overwhelming pressures, how are people within these communities able to make decisions about their own environment, either individually or collectively? To what extent can they govern themselves? This stimulating text considers questions of influence and power within local institutions and decision-making processes using numerous illustrations from municipalities across Canada. The challenges to local governance are examined from a wide array of perspectives; communities large and small from Iqualuit to Toronto are offered as examples. In an original approach to the subject, McAllister pays particular attention to smaller and more remote cities of Canada. Case studies of Prince George, British Columbia; Sherbrooke, Quebec; Saint John, New Brunswick; Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario are used to illustrate historic and contemporary challenges for local governance. Governing Ourselves? covers traditional topics related to Canadian local government structures, institutions, and intergovernmental relations. At the same time, it reaches more broadly into other areas of inquiry that are relevant to geography, urban planning, environmental studies, public administration, sociology, and Canadian studies. A wide-ranging exploration of Canadian communities and their politics, this book is relevant to the practitioner, student, academic, and anyone who wonders whether, in fact, we do govern ourselves. |
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... British Columbia Arts Council . Printed and bound in Canada by Friesens Text design : Artegraphica Design Co. Ltd. Copy editor : Andy Carroll Proofreader : James Leahy Indexer : Noeline Bridge UBC Press The University of British ...
... Metropolitan Toronto / 101 Ontario Municipal Act / 102 Manitoba / 103 Unicity Winnipeg / 103 Intergovernmental Coordination in Manitoba / 106 Saskatchewan / 107 Alberta / 108 Alberta Municipal Government Act / 108 British 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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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Introduction3 | 3 |
Boxes | 5 |
LOCAL DEMOCRACY A CONTESTED NOTION | 11 |
The Historical Legacy | 23 |
Avenues of Participation in Local Governance | 46 |
SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITIES INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS | 75 |
Municipal Restructuring | 88 |
Contemporary Intergovernmental Relations | 118 |
The Politics of Urban Planning | 154 |
Redefining the Public Interest172 | 172 |
THE BUSINESS OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY | 199 |
Business Management and the Municipal Corporation | 232 |
SURFING INTO THE TWENTYFIRST CENTURY | 255 |
Notes | 285 |
Selected Bibliography | 307 |
Photography Credits315 | 315 |