Governing Urban Economies

Innovation and Inclusion in Canadian City Regions
Herausgeber: Bradford, Neil; Bramwell, Allison

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Produktbeschreibung

Featuring an inter-disciplinary group of established and up-and-coming scholars, this collection breaks new ground in the Canadian urban politics literature and will appeal to urbanists working in a range of national contexts.

Produktdetails

• Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-Regions
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9781442648562
• ISBN-10: 1442648562
• Artikelnr.: 40115048

Autorenporträt

Neil Bradford is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Huron University College. Allison Bramwell is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to the Series, David A. Wolfe (Royal Bank Chair in Public and
Economic Policy), Series Editor
Acknowledgements
1. Governing Urban Economies: Innovation and Inclusion in Canadian
City-Regions
Neil Bradford (Huron University College, Western University, Political
Science) and Allison Bramwell (University of North Carolina Greensboro,
Political Science)
Part I: Institutionalized Collaboratives
2. Social Actors and Hybrid Governance in Community Economic Development in
Montreal – Juan-Luis Klein (Université du Québec, Economic Geography),
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay (University of Québec, Labour Economics and Human
Resources Management) and Jean-Marc Fontan (Université du Québec à
Montréal, Sociology)
3. Dimensions of Governance in the Mega-City: Scale, Scope and Coalitions in
Toronto – Allison Bramwell and David Wolfe
4. Myth Making and the “Waterloo Way”: Exploring Associative Governance in
Kitchener-Waterloo – Jen Nelles (Hunter College, Urban Affairs and
Planning)
5. The Politics of Coalition-Building in a De-Industrializing City: Linkages,
Leadership and Agendas in Hamilton – Allison Bramwell
Part II: Sector Networks
6. Linking Innovation and Inclusion: The Governance Question in Ottawa –
Caroline Andrew (University of Ottawa, Director of the Centre on
Governance) and David Doloreux (University of Ottawa, Management)
7. Embarrassment and Riches: Good Governance and Bad Governance in the St.
John’s City-Region – Rob Greenwood (Memorial University, Executive Director
of Public Engagement)
8. 300 People Who Make a Difference: Associative Governance in Calgary –
Patrick Feng (University of Calgary, Communication and Culture), Ben Li
(University of Oulu, Information Processing Science) and Cooper Langford
(University of Calgary, Communication and Culture)
Part III: Project Partnerships
9. Challenge and Change in London: The Social Dynamics of Urban Economic
Governance – Neil Bradford
10. Governance Innovations in Saskatoon: From State Cooperatives to Local
Partnerships – Peter W.B. Phillips (University of Saskatchewan, Public
Policy) and Graeme Webb (Simon Fraser University, Communication, PhD
Candidate)
11. The Missing Link: Immigrant Integration, Innovation and Skills
Underutilization in Vancouver – Richard Smith (Simon Fraser University,
Communication), Paulina Chow-White (Simon Fraser University, Communication,
Project Manager of GeNA Lab), Graeme Webb, Renee Cheun (Simon Fraser
University, Centre for Digital Media, MDM Candidate), Karen Fung and J.
Patrick Truman (Simon Fraser University, Centre for Digital Media, MDM
Candidate)
12. The Bumpy Road to Regional Governance and Inclusive Development in Greater
Moncton – Yves Bourgeois (University of New Brunswick, Urban and Community
Studies Institute, Director)
Part IV: Conclusions
13. The Rise of Metropolitics: Urban Governance in the Age of City-Region –
Kevin Morgan (Cardiff University, Governance and Development)
14. Civic Infrastructures of Innovation and Inclusion? Reflections on Urban
Governance in Canada – Allison Bramwell and Neil Bradford
Contributors