Changing Toronto
Governing Urban Neoliberalism
Published on 1. May 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4426-0093-5 (ISBN)
Description
By exploring the formative years of the New City of Toronto (between 1995 and 2005, the period just before, during, and after metropolitan amalgamation), Changing Toronto analyzes the political, social, and environmental challenges of living in, and governing, a major metropolitan city region that bills itself as a multicultural, world-class city.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-0093-5 (9781442600935)
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Persons
Julie-Anne Boudreau is Associate Professor at the Center for Urbanisation, Culture, and Society of the National Institute for Scientific Research in Montreal. She holds the Canada Research Chair on the City and Issues of Insecurity. Her recent work focuses on fear in the city and fear of the city.
Roger Keil is a professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University.
Douglas Young is an associate professor in the Urban Studies Program in the Department of Social Science at York University.
Roger Keil is a professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University.
Douglas Young is an associate professor in the Urban Studies Program in the Department of Social Science at York University.
Content
Preface
List of Figures, Tables, and Maps
Acknowledgements
1. Canada Urbana: Perspectives of Urban Research
2. The City That Works (No More): Towards the Crisis of the Mid-1990s
3. Tory Toronto: Neoliberalism in the City
4. Making the Megacity
5. Diverse-City
6. Official Planning
7. The In-between City
8. Urinetown or Morainetown?
9. Transportation Dilemmas
10. Creative Competitiveness
11. Millermania
12. Changing Toronto
References
Index
List of Figures, Tables, and Maps
Acknowledgements
1. Canada Urbana: Perspectives of Urban Research
2. The City That Works (No More): Towards the Crisis of the Mid-1990s
3. Tory Toronto: Neoliberalism in the City
4. Making the Megacity
5. Diverse-City
6. Official Planning
7. The In-between City
8. Urinetown or Morainetown?
9. Transportation Dilemmas
10. Creative Competitiveness
11. Millermania
12. Changing Toronto
References
Index