Author: Andrew Sancton
Publisher: IRPP
ISBN: 9780886451561
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Governing Canada's City-regions
Author: Andrew Sancton
Publisher: IRPP
ISBN: 9780886451561
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher: IRPP
ISBN: 9780886451561
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Local Self-Government and the Right to the City
Author: Warren Magnusson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773597298
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Despite decades of talk about globalization, democracy still depends on local self-government. In Local Self-Government and the Right to the City, Warren Magnusson argues that it is the principle behind claims to personal autonomy, community control, and national self-determination, and holds the promise of more peaceful politics. Unfortunately, state-centred thinking has obscured understanding of what local self-government can mean and hindered efforts to make good on what activists have called the "right to the city." In this collection of essays, Magnusson reflects on his own efforts to make sense of what local self-government can actually mean, using the old ideal of the town meeting as a touchstone. Why cannot communities govern themselves? Why fear direct democracy? As he suggests, putting more trust in the proliferating practices of government and self-government will actually make cities work better, and enable us to see how to localize democracy appropriately. He shows that doing so will require citizens and governments to come to terms with the multiplicity, indeterminacy, and uncertainty implicit in politics and steer clear of sovereign solutions. The culmination of a life’s work by Canada’s leading political theorist in the field, Local Self-Government and the Right to the City ranges across topics such as local government, social movements, constitutional law, urban political economy, and democratic theory.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773597298
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Despite decades of talk about globalization, democracy still depends on local self-government. In Local Self-Government and the Right to the City, Warren Magnusson argues that it is the principle behind claims to personal autonomy, community control, and national self-determination, and holds the promise of more peaceful politics. Unfortunately, state-centred thinking has obscured understanding of what local self-government can mean and hindered efforts to make good on what activists have called the "right to the city." In this collection of essays, Magnusson reflects on his own efforts to make sense of what local self-government can actually mean, using the old ideal of the town meeting as a touchstone. Why cannot communities govern themselves? Why fear direct democracy? As he suggests, putting more trust in the proliferating practices of government and self-government will actually make cities work better, and enable us to see how to localize democracy appropriately. He shows that doing so will require citizens and governments to come to terms with the multiplicity, indeterminacy, and uncertainty implicit in politics and steer clear of sovereign solutions. The culmination of a life’s work by Canada’s leading political theorist in the field, Local Self-Government and the Right to the City ranges across topics such as local government, social movements, constitutional law, urban political economy, and democratic theory.
Metropolitan Governing
Author: Eran Razin
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 9789654932851
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Metropolitan reforms have been implemented in Canada at a scale and frequency greater than anywhere else in the democratic world. The cross-national case studies provide a perspective on the role of different political systems and political cultures in determining the metropolitan governance agenda and the reforms undertaken, revealing considerable similarities in the agenda and diversity in responses.
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 9789654932851
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Metropolitan reforms have been implemented in Canada at a scale and frequency greater than anywhere else in the democratic world. The cross-national case studies provide a perspective on the role of different political systems and political cultures in determining the metropolitan governance agenda and the reforms undertaken, revealing considerable similarities in the agenda and diversity in responses.
Merger Mania
Author: Andrew Sancton
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773521402
Category : Annexation (County government)
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
The purpose of the report is to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of municipal amalgamations, provide a historical perspective of such amalgamations, and examine how these experiences apply to the city-region of Montreal.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773521402
Category : Annexation (County government)
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
The purpose of the report is to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of municipal amalgamations, provide a historical perspective of such amalgamations, and examine how these experiences apply to the city-region of Montreal.
City Management in Canada
Author: Thomas J. Plunkett
Publisher: Institute of Public Administration of Canada
ISBN: 9780920715109
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher: Institute of Public Administration of Canada
ISBN: 9780920715109
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Structural Changes in Local Government
Author: C. R. Tindal
Publisher: Institute of Public Administration of Canada
ISBN: 9780919400474
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher: Institute of Public Administration of Canada
ISBN: 9780919400474
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Usable Urban Past Planning and Politics
Author: Alan F.J. Artibise
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773580646
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
This collection of original essays serves both the historians and geographers who seek a deeper understanding of Canada's urban past, and the planners, politicians and citizens who seek to preserve or to change their cities today.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773580646
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
This collection of original essays serves both the historians and geographers who seek a deeper understanding of Canada's urban past, and the planners, politicians and citizens who seek to preserve or to change their cities today.
Urban Canada
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Joe Zuken, Citizen and Socialist
Author: Doug Smith
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550283037
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. A Child of the North End, 1912-1929 2. A Political Education, 1929-1940 3. It Did Happen Here, 1933-1940 4. The Defence of Canada, 1940-1942 5. The School Board Years, 1942-1962 6. The Cold War in Manitoba, 1945-1962 7. A Shield for the Poor, 1940-1986 8. A Communist at City Hall, 1962-1971 9. The Unicity Years, 1972-1983 Epilogue People Interviewed Bibliography Index
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550283037
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. A Child of the North End, 1912-1929 2. A Political Education, 1929-1940 3. It Did Happen Here, 1933-1940 4. The Defence of Canada, 1940-1942 5. The School Board Years, 1942-1962 6. The Cold War in Manitoba, 1945-1962 7. A Shield for the Poor, 1940-1986 8. A Communist at City Hall, 1962-1971 9. The Unicity Years, 1972-1983 Epilogue People Interviewed Bibliography Index
City Politics, Canada
Author: James Lightbody
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1551117533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
"City Politics, Canada will both irritate and please, but it should be read—it raises all the important questions about urban governance in Canada." - Caroline Andrew, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1551117533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
"City Politics, Canada will both irritate and please, but it should be read—it raises all the important questions about urban governance in Canada." - Caroline Andrew, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa