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Political Arrangements

Power and the City

Edited by Henri Lustiger-Thaler




Contributors include: Jane Jacobs, Kent Gerecke, Barton Reid, Mike McConkey, Engin Isin, Massimo Bergamini, Ron George.

Excellent and thought-provoking.
Humanist in Canada

Explores the possibility of rebuilding our existing political structures. An interesting book.
Montréal Gazette

...interesting essays on Canadian urban affairs...an intriguing volume to consult.
Canadian Book Review Annual

URBAN STUDIES

224 pages

Paperback ISBN: 1-895431-54-9 $19.99
Hardcover ISBN: 1-895431-55-7 $48.99
L.C. No. 92-72628

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@TITLE = Political Arrangements Power & the City @AUTHOR = Henri Lustiger-Thaler, ed. @SWJUNK = ...explores the possibility of rebuilding our existing political structures with @MEDIA QUOTE = a greater role for local government. An interesting book. Montr‚al Gazette @SWFLY TOPDESC = Description: This book examines the question of democracy in light of @SWFLY DESCRIP = the specificity of the Canadian urban experience; it assesses the failure of the mainstream 'democratic' imagination by developing much-needed linkages within the current round of nation-State building. @TOPLINE BODY = Contents: Jane Jacobs (Toronto author): Cities and the Wealth of Nations. Engin Isin (York Univ.): Canadian Federalism: A Colonial Legacy. Warren Magnusson (Univ. of Victoria): Rediscovering the Local as a Site for Global Politics. Pierre Hamel (Univ. de Montr‚al): The Paradox of Locality and the Constitutional Crisis. Caroline Andrew (Univ. of Ottawa): The Feminist City. Kent Gerecke (former professor, Univ. of Manitoba & editor of City magazine), and Barton Reid (editor, City magazine; associate, Forum for Planning Action, City of Vancouver): The Failure of Urban Government: The Case of Winnipeg. Annick Germain (Institut national de recherche scientifique, Urbanisation, Montr‚al): Montr‚al and the Decline of Urban Culture. Mike McConkey (Ph.D from McGill Univ.; editor, The Citizen): Proposals for a New Confederation. Pierre Fillion (Univ. of Waterloo): Government Levels, Neighbourhood Influence and Urban Policy. Evelyn Ruppert (Senior Policy Analyst, Ontario Association of Municipalities): Municipalities in the Reform of Canadian Political Institutions. Massimo Beramini (former Senior Policy Analyst with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities): Towards a New Municipal Approach. Ron George (President, Native Council of Canada): Aboriginal Urban Self-Government. Afterword: Henri Lustiger-Thaler: The Urban Factor and Politics. @TOPLINE BODY = Henri Lustiger-Thaler, formerly of Concordia Univ. in Montr‚al, is professor of sociology at the School of Social Sciences and Human Sciences, Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah, NJ, USA. @ISBN TOPLINE = 224 pages, bibliographies . ISBN: 1-895431-54-9 $19.99