Bringing together leading subject experts, this book compares and situates Canadian municipal institutions, urban governance systems, and policy-making in global debates about democratic governance.

Edited by Kristin R. Good and Jen Nelles

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Preface
Acknowledgements

Part One - Introduction: A Global Perspective on the Canadian City

1. Positioning the Canadian City in the Global Context and Debates
Kristin R. Good and Jen Nelles

Part Two - Conceptual Foundations: Comparative Methods, Theory, and Rooting the Canadian Case

2. Situating the Constitutional, Legal, and Historical Foundations of Canadian Municipal Government: Historical Roots and Contemporary Challenges
Kristin R. Good

3. Understanding Canadian Urban Governance Comparatively: Methods, Theories, and Contributions
Kristin R. Good

4. Multilevel Urban Governance in Canada
Martin Horak

Part Three - Comparing Local Institutions

5. Metropolitan Governance and Institutional Responses to Urbanization
Jen Nelles

6. Municipal Finance
Enid Slack

7. Local Leadership and Forms of Municipal Government
Kristin R. Good, Kate Graham, and Jesse Helmer

8. Municipal Elections and Political Incorporation
Anne Mévellec, Brandon Bolduc, Guy Chiasson, and Veika Donatien

9. Municipalities, Public Services, and the Government-Citizen Interface in Comparative Perspective
John B. Sutcliffe and Sarah Cipkar

Part Four - Urban Policy Issues in a Global Canada

10. The Politics and Governance of Growth and Economic Development
Zachary Spicer

11. Municipalities, Urban Governance, and Climate Change
Tristan Cleveland and Elizabeth Schwartz

12. City Governance and Local Immigration Policy-Making
Kristin R. Good

13. Indigenous-Municipal Relations in Canadian Cities
Doug Anderson and Alexandra Flynn

14. Confronting Anti-Black Racism in Cities
Tari Ajadi and Kristin R. Good

15. Addressing Poverty and Social Polarization
Mara Sidney and Adam Straub

Part Five - Conclusion: Exploring the Tensions

16. The Possibilities and Limitations of Local Politics and Comparative Urban Research
Jen Nelles and Kristin R. Good

Contributors
Index