Fields of Authority
Special Purpose Governance in Ontario, 1815-2015
Seiten
2016
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0018-4 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0018-4 (ISBN)
In Fields of Authority, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Lucas uses a “policy fields” approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present.
Everywhere we turn in Canadian local politics – from policing to transit, education to public health, planning to utilities – we encounter a peculiar institutional animal: the special purpose body. These “ABCs” of local government – library boards, school boards, transit authorities, and many others – provide vital public services, spend large sums of public money, and raise important questions about local democratic accountability.
In Fields of Authority, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Drawing on extensive research in local and provincial archives, Lucas uses a “policy fields” approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present. A lively and accessible study, Fields of Authority will appeal to readers interested in Canadian political history, urban politics, and urban public policy.
Everywhere we turn in Canadian local politics – from policing to transit, education to public health, planning to utilities – we encounter a peculiar institutional animal: the special purpose body. These “ABCs” of local government – library boards, school boards, transit authorities, and many others – provide vital public services, spend large sums of public money, and raise important questions about local democratic accountability.
In Fields of Authority, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Drawing on extensive research in local and provincial archives, Lucas uses a “policy fields” approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present. A lively and accessible study, Fields of Authority will appeal to readers interested in Canadian political history, urban politics, and urban public policy.
Jack Lucas is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary.
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Local Institutional Change and the Policy Fields Approach
PART ONE: LOCAL ABCS IN KITCHENER, ONTARIO
2. Berlin, Ontario in the Age of the ABC
3. The Special-Purpose Routine: ABCs Triumphant
4. Regional Reform and Municipal Restructuring: The Final Chapter?
PART TWO: LOCAL ABCS IN THREE PROVINCIAL-MUNICIPAL DOMAINS
5. Public School Boards
6. Local Boards of Health
7. Hydro-Electric Commissions
8. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 24.07.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance |
Zusatzinfo | 13 figures |
Verlagsort | Toronto |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 165 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 620 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4875-0018-1 / 1487500181 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-0018-4 / 9781487500184 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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