Kristin Good, Jen Nelles

Canadian Urban Governance in Comparative Perspective

Herausgeber: Good, Kristin; Nelles, Jen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together leading subject experts, this book compares and situates Canadian municipal institutions, urban governance systems, and policy-making in global debates about democratic governance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 556
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 196mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1098g
• ISBN-13: 9781442634961
• ISBN-10: 1442634960
• Artikelnr.: 70288982

Autorenporträt

Edited by Kristin R. Good and Jen Nelles

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part One - Introduction: A Global Perspective on the Canadian City
1. Positioning the Canadian City in the Global Context and Debates
Kristin R. Good and Jen Nelles
Part Two - Conceptual Foundations: Comparative Methods, Theory, and Rooting
the Canadian Case
2. Situating the Constitutional, Legal, and Historical Foundations of
Canadian Municipal Government: Historical Roots and Contemporary Challenges
Kristin R. Good
3. Understanding Canadian Urban Governance Comparatively: Methods,
Theories, and Contributions
Kristin R. Good
4. Multilevel Urban Governance in Canada
Martin Horak
Part Three - Comparing Local Institutions
5. Metropolitan Governance and Institutional Responses to Urbanization
Jen Nelles
6. Municipal Finance
Enid Slack
7. Local Leadership and Forms of Municipal Government
Kristin R. Good, Kate Graham, and Jesse Helmer
8. Municipal Elections and Political Incorporation
Anne Mévellec, Brandon Bolduc, Guy Chiasson, and Veika Donatien
9. Municipalities, Public Services, and the Government-Citizen Interface in
Comparative Perspective
John B. Sutcliffe and Sarah Cipkar
Part Four - Urban Policy Issues in a Global Canada
10. The Politics and Governance of Growth and Economic Development
Zachary Spicer
11. Municipalities, Urban Governance, and Climate Change
Tristan Cleveland and Elizabeth Schwartz
12. City Governance and Local Immigration Policy-Making
Kristin R. Good
13. Indigenous-Municipal Relations in Canadian Cities
Doug Anderson and Alexandra Flynn
14. Confronting Anti-Black Racism in Cities
Tari Ajadi and Kristin R. Good
15. Addressing Poverty and Social Polarization
Mara Sidney and Adam Straub
Part Five - Conclusion: Exploring the Tensions
16. The Possibilities and Limitations of Local Politics and Comparative
Urban Research
Jen Nelles and Kristin R. Good
Contributors
Index