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Accountability and responsiveness at the municipal level : views from Canada /

"In Canada, the quality of municipal democracy has been questioned due to three crucial factors. First, voter turnout tends to be significantly lower for municipal elections than it is for other levels of government. Second, the re-election rate of incumbent candidates is higher compared to pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Breux, Sandra (Editor ), Couture, Jérôme, 1980- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
Colección:McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 9.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Sins of the brother: partisanship and accountability in Toronto, 2014 / Laura B. Stephenson, R. Michael McGregor, and Aaron A. Moore
  • Accountability without parties? political business cycle and the re-election on incumbents / Jérôme Couture and Sandra Breux
  • Political accountability and responsiveness: what is the role of municipal political parties? / Jérôme Couture, Sandra Breux, and Laurence Bherer
  • Responsiveness, accountability, and the long-term development of local political careers in Calgary and Edmonton / Jack Lucas and Anthony Sayers
  • What happened to incumbent councillors in the Greater Sudbury and London, Ontario, in 2014? the role of Ontario ombudsman's reports on alleged secret meetings / Andrew Sancton
  • Accountability and local politics: contextual barriers and cognitive variety / Anne Mévellec
  • Accountability and local collaborative governance / Joseph Lyons and Zachary Spicer
  • The responsiveness issue and the blurry lines of accountability in regional transportation planning, governance, and finace: the case of Metrolinx / Fanny R. Tremblay-Racicot
  • Mirror image: the fight against homelessness in Calgary and Montreal / Alison Smith
  • Accountability and responsiveness at the municipal level: limitations and opportunities / Ruth Dassonneville
  • Do responsiveness and accountability matter at the municipal level? / Jérôme Couture and Sandra Breux.