List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introductory Note
Part I: An Introduction to Canadian Metropolitan Politics
Chapter 1: The study of urban politics
Chapter 2: The policy-making system of the Canadian city
Chapter 3: Urban political culture and the limits to policy
choice
Chapter 4: The development of locally accountable organizations
Part II: The Politics of City Governing
Chapter 5: Elections and voters
Chapter 6: Political parties and theories of local
non-partisanship
Chapter 7: Interests and lobbying at City Hall
Chapter 8: Social movements, leadership, and the policy agenda
Part III: Intergovernmental Issues and Metropolitan Governing
Chapter 9: Relations among governments
Chapter 10: Standing issues in regional governing
Chapter 11: Theoretical questions about metropolitan
institutions
Chapter 12: Organizing city governments in the metropolis
Chapter 13: The politics of local government reform
Part IV: Canadian Metropolitan Centres in a World Context
Chapter 14: The impact of world practices on Canadian metropolitan cities
Glossary
References
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
City Politics, Canada will both irritate and please, but it should be read--it raises all the important questions about urban governance in Canada. It integrates an understanding of the impact of the world context on Canadian cities with the detailing of the ways in which provincial governments guide and control municipalities. James Lightbody has always been an ardent promoter of city-region amalgamations and municipal political parties and these two themes are central to City Politics, Canada. Both positions are argued in great detail and the discussion links these issues to the big political questions--democracy, participation, innovation. The scope is broad and the detail is there. -- Caroline Andrew, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa City Politics, Canada is an excellent read. It is comprehensive--from historical reform efforts, through public policy making in our cities, to urban elections, political parties and interest groups. It identifies the impact of urban culture and social movements. It comments on the current debates about local intergovernmental relations and new public management. It has opinions on regional/metropolitan governance for the twenty-first century. And it asks the reader to think about urban theory and the internationalization of cities. It does all this with some attitude--one which engages and provokes rethinking much of what we think we know about modern political life in Canada. -- Patrick J. Smith, Simon Fraser University
James Lightbody is Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Queen's University and has published in various scholarly journals on the topic of city politics. He is the editor of Canadian Metropolitics: Governing Our Cities (Copp, Clark, 1995).
City Politics, Canada will both irritate and please, but it should
be read--it raises all the important questions about urban
governance in Canada. It integrates an understanding of the impact
of the world context on Canadian cities with the detailing of the
ways in which provincial governments guide and control
municipalities. James Lightbody has always been an ardent promoter
of city-region amalgamations and municipal political parties and
these two themes are central to City Politics, Canada. Both
positions are argued in great detail and the discussion links these
issues to the big political questions--democracy, participation,
innovation. The scope is broad and the detail is there.--Caroline
Andrew, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa
City Politics, Canada is an excellent read. It is
comprehensive--from historical reform efforts, through public
policy making in our cities, to urban elections, political parties
and interest groups. It identifies the impact of urban culture and
social movements. It comments on the current debates about local
intergovernmental relations and new public management. It has
opinions on regional/metropolitan governance for the twenty-first
century. And it asks the reader to think about urban theory and the
internationalization of cities. It does all this with some
attitude--one which engages and provokes rethinking much of what we
think we know about modern political life in Canada.--Patrick J.
Smith, Simon Fraser University
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