Accountability And Responsiveness At The Municipal Level

Author : Sandra Breux,Jérôme Couture
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773553750

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Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level by Sandra Breux,Jérôme Couture Pdf

In Canada, the quality of municipal democracy has been questioned due to three crucial factors. First, voter turnout tends to be significantly lower for municipal elections than it is for other levels of government. Second, the re-election rate of incumbent candidates is higher compared to provincial, territorial, and federal elections. Third, corruption and other scandals have tarnished the image of local democracy. Are cities sufficiently capable of responding to crises and representing the interests of their residents? Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level addresses these issues through qualitative and quantitative analysis, focusing on some of the most important characteristics of the Canadian municipal scene, including the contexts of partisanship and non-partisanship, the careers and daily work of municipal officials, and multilevel governance. This volume also assists directly in the collection and dissemination of data about cities as there is currently no centralized system for capturing and organizing electoral statistics at the municipal level. Municipal democracy in Canada suffers from a representation deficit. Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level is an important first step in building high-quality comparative information on the politics of Canada’s cities.

Author : Herbert M. Levine
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:49015002574235

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The Politics of State and Local Government Debated by Herbert M. Levine Pdf

Author : Robert L. Bish
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : British Columbia
ISBN : 0969504322

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Local Government in British Columbia by Robert L. Bish Pdf

Author : Warren Magnusson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773545656

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Local Self-government and the Right to the City by Warren Magnusson Pdf

A timely exploration of the untapped potential for local democracy.

Author : Anthony Perl,Matt Hern,Jeffrey Kenworthy
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780228002956

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Big Moves by Anthony Perl,Matt Hern,Jeffrey Kenworthy Pdf

All countries have distinctive urban regions, but Canadian cities especially differ from one another in culture, structure, and history. Anthony Perl, Matt Hern, and Jeffrey Kenworthy reveal that despite the peculiarities and singular traits that each city embodies, a common logic has guided the development of transportation infrastructure across the country. Big Moves analyzes how Canada's three largest urban regions - Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver - have been shaped by the interplay of globalized imperatives, aspirations, activism, investment, and local development initiatives, both historically and in a contemporary context. Canadian urban development follows a distinct pattern that involves compromise between local viewpoints and values and the pursuit of global capital at particular historical junctures. As the authors show, the success or failure of each city to construct major mobility infrastructure has always depended on the timing of investments and the specific ways that cities have gained access to necessary capital. Drawing on urban mobility history and global city theory, this book delves into the details of the big moves that have affected transport infrastructure in major Canadian cities. Knowing where urban development will head in the twenty-first century requires understanding how cities' major mobility infrastructures were built. Big Moves explains the shape of Canada's three biggest cities and how their mix of expressways and rapid transit emerged.

Author : Premat, Christophe Emmanuel
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781799873068

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Direct Democracy Practices at the Local Level by Premat, Christophe Emmanuel Pdf

Direct democracy, or pure democracy, is a concept spreading throughout the world, now adopted by nearly 30 countries on the national level. While the concept is not new, it is important to investigate the current benefits or hinderances of direct democracy related to local governments so that they may be implemented further. Direct Democracy Practices at the Local Level deepens the knowledge of direct democracy in political science. This book explores how local governments utilize these instruments in international governments and analyzes a series of popular initiatives and local referenda to how successful these initiatives are. Covering topics such as religious rights, street committees, and climate change, this book is essential for political science students and professors, policymakers, faculty, local governments, academicians, and researchers in political science with an interest in direct democracy procedures in representative systems.

Author : Harlan Koff
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9052015686

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Cohesión social en Europa y las Américas by Harlan Koff Pdf

Recientemente, muchos observadores de políticas y prácticas de cohesión social han discutido que la globalización ha promovido la convergencia global hacia modelos neo-liberales en este campo. Similarmente, estudiosos y practicionarios de la política regional han contenido que las políticas sociales de Europa representan las "mejores prácticas" a nivel global y por ello han sido promovidas en otras regiones del mundo (por ejemplo en las recientes cumbres UE-Latinoamérica sobre cohesión social), lo que lleva también a la convergencia en la elaboración de la política. Este libro cuestiona estas afirmaciones y se pregunta si distintos enfoques regionales a la cohesión social son todavía pertinentes. El análisis trans-regional comparativo presentado en este volumen está basado en el examen de la competencia entre actores (poder), el papel de la historia y tradiciones sociales (tiempo) y la importancia de límites geográficos a la cohesión social (espacio).

Author : Anwar Shah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Civil service reform
ISBN : UCSD:31822026225409

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Balance, Accountability, and Responsiveness by Anwar Shah Pdf

Author : Herman Bakvis,Grace Skogstad
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487570439

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Canadian Federalism by Herman Bakvis,Grace Skogstad Pdf

This is Canada's only up-to-date collection of essays on issues in Canadian federalism, covering the Harper and Trudeau eras, as well as federal-provincial debates over healthcare, climate change, trade, and more.

Author : Jack Lucas
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487553715

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Ideology in Canadian Municipal Politics by Jack Lucas Pdf

One of the most peculiar features of municipal politics in Canada is how frequently local politicians, activists, and scholars disagree about how to describe the municipal arena. For some, municipal politics is distinct from other levels of government, a world of non-ideological elections, pragmatic and technical policymaking, and issue-by-issue policy coalitions. Others argue that municipal politics is similar to politics at other scales, with persistent axes of political disagreement and a recognizable “left” and “right.” This recurring debate features prominently in municipal election campaigns across Canada. In Ideology in Canadian Municipal Politics, Jack Lucas investigates municipal ideology in Canada. Using data from original surveys of municipal politicians and the Canadian public, the book reveals how municipal politics is clearly structured by left-right ideology. It shows that municipal politicians represent their constituents’ ideological preferences quite well: they understand their constituents’ ideological perspectives, they align with their constituents’ preferences, and they are elected in part because of their ideological alignment with voters. A lively and accessible study, Ideology in Canadian Municipal Politics will appeal to readers interested in municipal politics, political ideology, and political representation.

Author : Austin Zwick,Zachary Spicer
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780228007944

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The Platform Economy and the Smart City by Austin Zwick,Zachary Spicer Pdf

Over the past decade, cities have come into closer contact and conflict with new technologies. From reactive policymaking in response to platform economy firms to proactive policymaking in an effort to develop into smart cities, urban governance is transforming at an unprecedented speed and scale. Innovative technologies promise a brave new world of convenience and cost effectiveness – powered by cameras that monitor our movements, sensors that line our streets, and algorithms that determine our resource allocation – but at what cost? Exploring the relationship between technology and cities, this book brings together an outstanding group of authors in the field to provide a critical and necessary examination of the disruption that is under way. They look at how cities should understand and regulate novel technologies, what can be learned from proposed and failed smart city projects, and how innovative economies change the structure of cities themselves. Contributors dig deeply into these and similar subjects, contributing their voices to an important dialogue on the future of urban policy and governance. The first collection of its kind, this groundbreaking volume brings together social, economic, and cultural insights to enhance our understanding of the ongoing technological upheaval in cities around the world.

Author : Peter Aucoin,Mark D. Jarvis,Canada School of Public Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : MINN:31951D027401729

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Modernizing Government Accountability by Peter Aucoin,Mark D. Jarvis,Canada School of Public Service Pdf

This publication examines the basic architecture of accountability in the Canadian system of governance and public administration in the light of changes in the practice of governance and public administration. This architecture is built upon the foundation of "responsible government," the constitutional convention that provides the democratic basis of the Canadian system of parliamentary government.

Author : H George Frederickson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315290157

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The Adapted City by H George Frederickson Pdf

Selected Contents: 1. Introduction2. Theories of Institutional Dynamics3. Political and Administrative Cities4. The Evolution of Political Cities5. The Evolution of Administrative Cities6. The Evolution of the Model City Charter7. The Discovery of Adapted Cities8. Probing the Complexities of Adapted Cities9. The Conciliated City10. Conclusions

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1924 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015085443847

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Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 2007, Part 1B, 109-2 Hearings, * by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1926 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Economic assistance, American
ISBN : PSU:000058156506

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State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for Fiscal Year ... by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations Pdf