City Politics in Canada : Forty Years of Continuity and Change

Name: City Politics in Canada : Forty Years of Continuity and Change
Brand: University of Toronto Press

University of Toronto Press

City Politics in CanadaForty Years of Continuity and Change\nAuthor(s): Martin Horak, Jack Lucas, Zack Taylor\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487569341, 978-1487569341\nSynopsis\nCanadas big cities are at the forefront of social and economic change. They account for most of Canadas population growth, they are magnets for immigrants from all parts of the world, and they have led Canadas shift from an industrial to a post-industrial economy. Today, perhaps more than ever, Canadas cities are the places where new policy problems, new political movements, and new demands for representation first emerge. \nIn City Politics in Canada: Forty Years of Continuity and Change, co-editors Martin Horak, Jack Lucas, and Zack Taylor and their team of authors explore how these great transformations have reshaped the practice of politics in seven large Canadian cities: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax, Ottawa, .