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McAllister, Mary Louise Governing Ourselves: The Politics of Canadian Communities.(Book review)

Publication: Canadian Journal of Urban Research
Publication Date: 22-DEC-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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McAllister, Mary Louise Governing Ourselves: The Politics of Canadian Communities Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004 ISBN: 0774810629 333p.

A colleague of mine with the City of Winnipeg likes to say that if City Hall were to mysteriously disappear tomorrow, nobody would really notice. His point,...

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...which is only partly made in jest, has some merit: even if corporate-minions like us were no longer around (let alone the Mayor and Council), taxes would still be paid and processed, City buses would continue to run, garbage would get collected, water would continue to flow, wastewater would still find a sewer, and recreation facilities would be open. In fact virtually the full array of municipal services would keep operating with or without City Hall because, as my colleague also likes to say (he has a Yoda-like complex if not physique), we can really only influence 5%...

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