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The Megacity Saga
Julie-Anne Boudreau
其他書名
Democracy and Citizenship in this Global Age
出版Black Rose Books, 2000
主題Political Science / GeneralPolitical Science / Civics & CitizenshipPolitical Science / Political Ideologies / DemocracySocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Sociology / Urban
ISBN15516416589781551641652
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HVONAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"In December 1996, the Tory provincial government of Ontario launched a bomb on the political agenda. It introduced Bill 103, the City of Toronto Act. This Bill, adopted in April 1997, after five months of political struggle, hearings, and huge public discontent, forced the amalgamation of six local levels of government, and the Metropolitan level of government, into a 'megacity of Toronto' of about 2.4 million people. This book relates and interprets that story and that of the grassroots movement, Citizens for Local Democracy, that began a crusade in the name of local democracy that has brought the issue of democracy to the forefront of public debates. It examines why we should fight to keep open a certain kind of democratic space at the local level in the midst of processes of state restructuring. It looks at different strategies of resistance used to reclaim control over everyday life, and in so doing, it creates an opportunity for the redefinition of citizenship and democracy in this age of globalization."--