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Title

Urban affairs : back on the policy agenda / edited by Caroline Andrew, Katherine A. Graham, and Susan D. Phillips.

Publication

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002.

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Additional Authors

• Andrew, Caroline
• Graham, Katherine A., 1947-
• Phillips, Susan D.

Description

vi, 400 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Urban policy > Canada
• Politique urbaine > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-393) and index.

Contents

Introduction. Urban affairs in Canada : changing roles and changing perspectives -- -- Pt. 1. Building civil society -- 1. Immigration and Canadian cities : building inclusion -- 2. Aboriginal people in urban areas -- 3. Bright new vision or same old story? : looking for gender justice in the eco-city -- 4. "The voice of women" in Canadian local government -- 5. What causes inner-city decay, and what can be done about it? -- -- Pt. 2. Governance -- 6. Is urban affairs a priority on the public agenda? -- 7. Toronto's legal challenge to amalgamation -- 8. Signs of life? : the transformation of two-tier metropolitan government -- -- Pt. 3. Planning and economic development -- 9. Community economic development in Canadian cities : from experiment to mainstream -- 10. Urban issues and the new policy challenges : the example of public consultation policy in Montreal -- 11. From the national to the local : recent lessons from economic development policy -- 12. Postmodern planning : all talk, no action? -- -- Pt. 4. Fiscal challenges -- 13. Emerging trends in urban affairs : a municipal manager's view -- 14. Some puppets; some shoestrings! : the changing intergovernmental context -- 15. Have fiscal issues put urban affairs back on the policy agenda? -- -- Conclusion -- 16. The city as hope of democracy

ISBN

• 0773523529 (bound)
• 0773523537 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2004445607

OCLC

• 50143206
• SCSB-12199704

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Harvard Library