Problems of change in urban government / / edited by M. O. Dickerson, S. Drabek, and J. T. Woods

• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1980
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 352/.0072/0971
• Soggetto topico: Municipal government - Canada; Metropolitan government - Canada; Municipal finance - Canada
• Altri autori: DickersonM. O. <1934-> DrabekS. <1934-> WoodsJ. T <1935-> (John T.)
• Note generali: Papers presented at the Banff Conference on Alternate Forms of Urban Government.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Public Involvement: New Wine in Old Bottles? -- Introduction -- Vancouver Politics and the Civic Party System -- Citizen Participation in Canadian Social Sciences: A Challenge of Facts and a Challenge of Values -- A Performance Approach to Urban Political Analysis: The Calgary Case -- Structural Alternatives: A Coat of Many Colours -- Introduction -- Canadian City Government: A Structure for Policy-Making and Administration -- The Best Laid Plans Oft Go Astray: The Case of Winnipeg -- Structural Changes at the Municipal Level in Quebec: Analysis of a Policy-Making Process -- Municipal Finances: Greater Dependency? -- Introduction -- Methods of Curbing Local Government Financial Problems: Implications for Urban Government in Canada -- Puppets on a Shoestring: The Effects on Municipal Government of Canada's System of Public Finance* -- The Property Tax and the Municipal Case for Fiscal Reform -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- Father Knows Best: A Look at the Provincial-Municipal Relationship in Ontario -- The Property Industry-City Government Connection -- Canada’s Urban Experts: Smoking out the Liberals -- Summary Comments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1911 one of every three Canadians lived in urban areas; today three out of four do. This growth has raised serious issues in urban government: How should power and authority be distributed among differing, often competing, urban interests? How can municipal governments obtain the funds they need to satisfy the increased demand for community and social services? How much should citizens participate? At a conference held in Banff on alternate forms of urban government, academics and practitioners considered these, and other pressing urban problems. Problems of change in urban government, presents the results of the conference, along with other, related essays. The contributors are Lloyd Axworthy, Meyer Brownstone, Stephen Clarkson, J.A. Johnson, James Lorimer, Allan O’Brien, T.J. Plunkett, Louise Quesnel-Ouellet, Paul Tennant, and the volume editors.
• Titolo autorizzato: Problems of Change in Urban Government
• ISBN: 0-88920-835-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154758703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II