Foundations of Governance: Municipal Government in Canada's Provinces (Institute of Public Administration of Canada Series in Public Management and Governance) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802096506 ISBN 13: 9780802096500

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2009

Synopsis

Municipalities are responsible for many essential services and have become vital agents for implementing provincial policies, including those dealing with the environment, emergency planning, economic development, and land use. In Foundations of Governance, experts from each of Canada's provinces come together to assess the extent to which municipal governments have the capacity to act autonomously, purposefully, and collaboratively in the intergovernmental arena.

Each chapter follows a common template in order to facilitate comparison and covers essential features such as institutional structures, municipal functions, demography, and municipal finances. Canada's municipalities function in diverse ways but have similar problems and, in this way, are illustrative of the importance of local democracy. Foundations of Governance shows that municipal governments require the legitimacy granted by a vibrant democracy in order to successfully negotiate and implement important collective choices about the futures of communities.

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About the Authors

Andrew Sancton is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.

Robert Young is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario and Canada Research Chair in Multilevel Governance.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802096506
• ISBN 13: 9780802096500
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 453
• Editor: Sancton Andrew, Young Robert A.