Sites of governance  multilevel governance and policy making in Canada's big cities / 
edited by Martin Horak and Robert Young. 
 - Montreal [Que. :  McGill-Queen's University Press,  (c)2012. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec :  Canadian Electronic Library,  (c)2012). 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 387 pages) 
 - Fields of governance ;  3 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword --  Introduction: multilevel governance and its central research questions in Canadian cities /  Ascending the main stage?: Calgary in the multilevel governance drama /  Charlottetown: a small, quiet seat of government-no boom, no bust /  Submerging the urban: Halifax in a multilevel governance system /  Overcoming adversity, or public action in the face of new urban problems: the example of Montreal /  Multilevel governance and public policy in Saint John, New Brunswick /  Policy making in Saskatoon in a multilevel context: the link between good governance and good public policy /  St John's, a city apart: an essay in urban exceptionalism /  Multilevel governance in Toronto: success and failure in Canada's largest city /  Multilevel governance and urban development: a Vancouver case study /  Multilevel governance without municipal government: minimalist government in Winnipeg /  Conclusion: understanding multilevel governance in Canada's cities /  Robert Young --  Byron Miller and Alan Smart --  David M. Bulger --  Robert G. Finbow --  Laurence Bherer and Pierre Hamel --  Greg Marquis --  Joseph Garcea and Donald C. Story --  Christopher Dunn and Cecily Pantin --  Martin Horak --  Thomas A. Hutton --  Christopher Leo with Martine August, Mike Pyl, and Matthew D. Rogers --  Martin Horak. 
<br/><br/> "Policies forged by all levels of government affect the lives of urban residents. Contributors to this volume explore how intergovernmental relations shape urban policies and how various social forces are involved in--or excluded from--the policy process. Focusing on diverse policy fields including emergency planning, image-building, immigrant settlement, infrastructure, federal property, and urban Aboriginal policy, Sites of Governance presents detailed studies of the largest city in each of Canada's provinces. Drawing on extensive documentary research and hundreds of interviews, contributors offer rich, nuanced analyses and a wealth of policy cases, ranging from preparation for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics to the development of innovative immigrant settlement programming in Winnipeg. Dominant themes include the importance of resources and formal jurisdiction in multilevel policy making, and the struggle for influence between business interests and other social forces. Essential reading for anyone concerned with the quality of urban life in Canada, Sites of Governance offers important insights about how multilevel governance works in Canadian cities."--Publisher's website. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780773586918 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Urban policy--Canada--Case studies.<br/>Federal-city relations--Canada--Case studies.<br/>Central-local government relations--Canada--Case studies.<br/>Municipal government--Canada--Case studies.<br/>Public-private sector cooperation--Canada--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT127  / .S584 2012