Citizen participation at the local level in China and Canada / / edited by Andrew Sancton and Chen Zhenming

• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Disciplina: 323/.0420951
• Soggetto topico: Citizens' associations; Political participation
• Persona (resp. second.): SanctonAndrew <1948->; ZhenmingChen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; About the Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction to Citizen Participation at the Local Level in China and Canada: Comparative Cases; Chapter 2: The Paradox of Participation: An Overview of Public Participation and Local Government in Canada; Chapter 3: The Development and Chinese Characteristics of Civic Participation in Local Governance: The Perspective of the Transformation of Governmental Functions; Chapter 4: Participation of the Urban Poor in Vancouver, Canada ; Chapter 5: Community-Based Poverty Alleviation: A Case Study of the Zhonghua Subdistrict in XiamenChapter 6: Civic Mobilization for Environmental Protection; Chapter 7: Citizen Action for Sustainable Development: Case Studies in London, Ontario, Canada1; Chapter 8: Fight or Facilitate? Social Policy, Municipal Government, and Civil Society in an Economically Disadvantaged Canadian Region1; Chapter 9: Public Participation in Low-Rent Housing Policy: A Case Study of Xiamen ; Chapter 10: Social Capital and Local Initiative Participation of Chinese Villagers: Analysis of Factors Affecting Villagers' Participation in Village Committee ElectionChapter 11: Facilitating the Participation of Immigrant Students in Canada's Schools; Chapter 12: An Analysis of Urban Education Policies Pertaining to Migrant Workers' Children; Chapter 13: Newcomers to the City: Institutional and Noninstitutional Modes of Civic Participation for Newcomers in Ottawa; Chapter 14: Conclusion; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents the work of leading scholars on the topic of citizen participation at the local level. Case studies compare Canadian and Chinese communities and extrapolate interesting policy-level changes at the local level based on citizen behavior and involvement. Coverage includes the characteristics of political culture and climate on local participation; factors especially unique to urban poor, class migration, aboriginal, and immigrant populations; means of protest, demonstration, and articulation of preference by populations; land-use, housing, urban development, and resource sustai
• Titolo autorizzato: Citizen participation at the local level in China and Canada
• ISBN: 0-429-25611-6; 1-4822-2898-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819040303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II