Fields of Authority : Special Purpose Governance in Ontario, 1815-2015 / Jack Lucas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lucas, Jack, Author.

Series:

Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance.

IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal government--Ontario--History.

Municipal government.

Local government--Ontario--History.

Local government.

Public administration--Ontario--History.

Public administration.

Administrative agencies--Ontario--History.

Administrative agencies.

Urban policy--Ontario--History.

Urban policy.

Ontario.

Genre:

Libros electronicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

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:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-1037-3

1-4875-1036-5

OCLC:

951975980