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Titolo: | 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.: | 9910787838703321 |
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