Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures xi
4. Tables xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgements xvii
7. PART ONE Introduction: A Global Perspective on the Canadian City
8. CHAPTER ONE Positioning the Canadian City in the Global Context and Debates 3
9. PART TWO Conceptual Foundations: Comparative Methods, Theory, and Rooting the Canadian Case
10. CHAPTER TWO Situating the Constitutional, Legal, and Historical Foundations of Canadian Municipal Government 33
11. CHAPTER THREE Understanding Canadian Urban Governance Comparatively: Methods, Theories, and Contributions 72
12. CHAPTER FOUR Multilevel Urban Governance in Canada 108
13. PART THREE Comparing Local Institutions
14. CHAPTER FIVE Metropolitan Governance and Institutional Responses to Urbanization 143
15. CHAPTER SIX Municipal Finance 179
16. CHAPTER SEVEN Local Leadership and Forms of Municipal Government 213
17. CHAPTER EIGHT Municipal Elections and Political Incorporation 246
18. CHAPTER NINE Municipalities, Public Services, and the Government-Citizen Interface in Comparative Perspective 274
19. PART FOUR Urban Policy Issues in a Global Canada
20. CHAPTER TEN The Politics and Governance of Growth and Economic Development 311
21. CHAPTER ELEVEN Municipalities, Urban Governance, and Climate Change 342
22. CHAPTER TWELVE City Governance and Local Immigration Policy-Making 362
23. CHAPTER THIRTEEN Indigenous-Municipal Relations in Canadian Cities 398
24. CHAPTER FOURTEEN Confronting Anti-Black Racism in Cities 429
25. CHAPTER FIFTEEN Addressing Poverty and Social Polarization 466
26. PART FIVE Conclusion: Exploring the Tensions
27. CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Possibilities and Limitations of Local Politics and Comparative Urban Research 505
28. Contributors 527
29. Index 533