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Mary Louise McAllister - Governing Ourselves?: The Politics of Canadian Communities - 9780774810623 - V9780774810623
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Governing Ourselves?: The Politics of Canadian Communities

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Description for Governing Ourselves?: The Politics of Canadian Communities Hardback. This stimulating text considers questions of influence and power within local institutions and decision-making processes using numerous illustrations from municipalities across Canada. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6147 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 680.

Popular rhetoric suggests that the twenty-first century has ushered in an era of homogeneity. Urbanization, globalization, amalgamation, media conglomeration, and technological convergence have become familiar terms. Given the pressures of integration and assimilation, how are people within communities able to make decisions about their own environment, whether individually or collectively? To what extent can they govern themselves?

Governing Ourselves? explores issues of influence and power within local institutions and decision-making processes using numerous illustrations from municipalities across Canada. It shows how communities large and small, from Toronto to Iqaluit, have distinctive political cultures and therefore respond differently to changing global and ... Read more

This stimulating book covers traditional topics such as government structures and institutions and intergovernmental relations. It also reaches more broadly into areas of inquiry relevant to geography, urban planning, environmental studies, public administration, sociology, and Canadian studies.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774810623
SKU
V9780774810623
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Mary Louise McAllister
Mary Louise McAllister is an associate professor in the Department of Environment and Resource Studies at the University of Waterloo.

Reviews for Governing Ourselves?: The Politics of Canadian Communities
By asking the question, ‘are we governing ourselves?’, McAllister delves into theses muddy waters in an admirably honest manner ... McAllister’s book is a useful teaching and scholarly resource for grappling with the democratic and administrative uncertainty that remains a large dimension of Canada’s public sector.
Jeffery Roy, School of Public Administration, Dalhousie University
Local Government Studies, vol. ... Read more

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