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Print Price: $158.99

Format:
Paperback
312 pp.
16 tables, 9" x 6"

ISBN-13:
9780195415933

Copyright Year:
2002

Imprint: OUP Canada


Urban Policy Issues

Canadian Perspectives, Second Edition

Edited by Edmund Fowler and David Siegel

Urban Policy Issues: Canadian Perspectives, Second Edition, provides a unique introductory survey of the range of policy fields for which local governments are responsible--policies that are important because they define how local governments interact with their citizens. As far as citizens are concerned, the policies that local governments adopt are the 'face' of local government.

The first chapters of the text outline the various contexts within which urban public policies are made, including demographics, finance, and governance structures. Each of the remaining chapters covers a particular policy area, ranging from transportation, housing and development, and education to leisure and culture, environmental issues, and public health.

Every chapter of this second edition has been written specifically for this book, presenting material up-to-date to the end of the twentieth century and anticipating the concerns of the twenty-first.

Readership : Courses on municipal government, local government and politics, and public policy at the second or third year with possible use as a supplement in public administration, urban studies, and business-government relations in Political Science and Public Policy departments. This is not an introduction to local politics but a comprehensive introduction to the key policy areas; housing policy, municipal social security, transportation, environment, recreation, leisure, arts and culture, planning and infrastructure, public health, and education.

About this Book
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
1. E.P. Fowler and David Siegel: Introduction: Urban Public Policy at the Turn of the Century
2. David K. Foot, Department of Economics, University of Toronto: Urban Demographics in Canada
3. David Siegel: Urban Finance at the Turn of the Century: Be Careful What You Wish For
4. Andrew Sancton, Department of Political Science, University of Western Ontario: Metropolitan and Regional Governance
5. Barbara Wake Carroll, Department of Political Science, McMaster University: Housing Policy in the New Millennium: The Uncompassionate Landscape
6. Rodney Haddow, Department of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University: Municipal Social Security in Canada
7. Edmund P. Fowler and Jack Layton, City Councilor and lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program, University of Toronto: Transportation Policy in Canadian Cities
8. Trevor Price, Retired, Department of Political Science, University of Windsor: Sustainable Cities
9. Edmund P. Fowler and Franz Hartmann, Environmental Studies Program, University of Toronto: City Environmental Policy: Connecting the Dots
10. Bryan J.A. Smale, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo and Donald G. Reid, Department of Rural Planning and Development, University of Guelph: Public Policy on Recreation and Leisure in Urban Canada
11. Donna Cardinal, Canadian Studies Program, University of Alberta: Culture, Heritage, and the Arts
12. Christopher Leo, Department of Political Science, University of Winnipeg and Adjunct Professor of City Planning, University of Manitoba: Urban Development: Planning Aspirations and Political Realities
13. Caroline Andrew, Department of Political Science, University of Ottawa and Jeff Morrison, Public Affairs Officer, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada: Infrastructure
14. Trevor Hancock, public health physician and health promotion consultant: From Public Health to the Healthy City
15. Peter Woolstencroft, Department of Political Science University of Waterloo: Education Policies: Challenges and Controversies

There are no Instructor/Student Resources available at this time.

Edmund Fowler teaches courses on local government and the politics of the environment at Glendon College, York University and is also director of Glendon's Municipal Intern Program. His published works focus on the importance of the urban built environment in influencing human behaviour and on policies to achieve ecologically sensible cities.

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Special Features

  • The first four chapters provide a broad context for the environment in which policies are made. They discuss determinants of policies, the demographic and financial background of urban policy, and changing municipal structures
  • The focus of the book is on urban public policy, with individual chapters devoted to specific issues.
  • Discusses topical issues such as housing, transportation, education, and public health.
  • Many of the articles have sections on career opportunities in the field covered by the chapter.
New to this Edition
  • All contributions have been prepared especially for this edition. Some are based on chapters in the previous edition, but have been substantially updated to reflect changes since 1990.
  • Completely up-to-date.
  • Many new contributors.