Sandra Breux - Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level: Views from Canada

ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS
AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL

MCGILL-QUEENS STUDIES IN URBAN GOVERNANCE
Series editors: Kristin Good and Martin Horak

In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in local politics and the governance of cities both in Canada and around the world. Globally, the city has become a consequential site where instances of social conflict and of cooperation play out. Urban centres are increasingly understood as vital engines of innovation and prosperity and a growing body of interdisciplinary research on urban issues suggests that high-performing cities have become crucial to the success of nations, even in the global era. Yet at the same time, local and regional governments continue to struggle for political recognition and for the policy resources needed to manage cities, to effectively govern, and to achieve sustainable growth.

The purpose of the McGill-Queens Studies in Urban Governance series is to highlight the growing importance of municipal issues, local governance, and the need for policy reform in urban spaces. The series aims to answer the question why do cities matter? while exploring relationships between levels of government and examining the changing dynamics of metropolitan and community development. By taking a four-pronged approach to the study of urban governance, the series encourages debate and discussion of: (1) actors, institutions, and how cities are governed; (2) policy issues and policy reform; (3) the city as case study; and (4) urban politics and policy through a comparative framework.

With a strong focus on governance, policy, and the role of the city, this series welcomes manuscripts from a broad range of disciplines and viewpoints.

1Local Self-Government and the Right to the City
Warren Magnusson

2City-Regions in Prospect?
Exploring Points between Place and Practice
Edited by Kevin Edson Jones, Alex Lord, and Rob Shields

3On Their Own
Women and the Right to the City in South Africa
Allison Goebel

4The Boundary Bargain
Growth, Development, and the Future of CityCounty Separation
Zachary Spicer

5Welcome to Greater Edendale
Histories of Environment, Health, and Gender in an African City
Marc Epprecht

6Still Renovating
A History of Canadian Social Housing Policy
Greg Suttor

7Order and Disorder
Urban Governance and the Making of Middle Eastern Cities
Edited by Luna Khirfan

8Toward Equity and Inclusion in Canadian Cities Lessons from Critical Praxis-Oriented Research
Edited by Fran Klodawsky, Janet Siltanen, and Caroline Andrew

9Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level
Views from Canada
Edited by Sandra Breux and Jrme Couture

Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level

Views from Canada

Edited by

SANDRA BREUX and JRME COUTURE

McGill-Queens University Press 2018

ISBN 978-0-7735-5328-6 (cloth)
ISBN 978-0-7735-5329-3 (paper)
ISBN 978-0-7735-5374-3 (ePDF)
ISBN 978-0-7735-5375-0 (ePUB)

Legal deposit second quarter 2018
Bibliothque nationale du Qubec

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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. Lan dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de lart dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Accountability and responsiveness at the municipal level:
views from Canada/edited by Sandra Breux and Jrme Couture.

(McGill-Queens studies in urban governance; 9)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-0-7735-5328-6 (hardcover). ISBN 978-0-7735-5329-3 (softcover). ISBN 978-0-7735-5374-3 (ePDF). ISBN 978-0-7735-5375-0 (ePUB)

1. Municipal government Canada. 2. Local elections Canada. I. Breux, Sandra, editor II. Couture, Jrme, 1980, editor III. Series: McGill-Queens studies in urban governance; 9

This book was typeset by Marquis Interscript.

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