
Fields of Authority
Special Purpose Governance in Ontario, 1815-2015
Jack Lucas(Author)
University of Toronto Press
Published on 27. May 2016
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-4875-0018-4 (ISBN)
Description
Everywhere we turn in Canadian local politics - from policing to transit, education to public health, planning to utilities - we encounter a peculiar institutional animal: the special purpose body. These "ABCs" of local government - library boards, school boards, transit authorities, and many others - provide vital public services, spend large sums of public money, and raise important questions about local democratic accountability.
In Fields of Authority, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Drawing on extensive research in local and provincial archives, Lucas uses a "policy fields" approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present. A lively and accessible study, Fields of Authority will appeal to readers interested in Canadian political history, urban politics, and urban public policy.
In Fields of Authority, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Drawing on extensive research in local and provincial archives, Lucas uses a "policy fields" approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present. A lively and accessible study, Fields of Authority will appeal to readers interested in Canadian political history, urban politics, and urban public policy.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
13 figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-0018-4 (9781487500184)
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Person
Jack Lucas is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary.
Content
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Local Institutional Change and the Policy Fields Approach
PART ONE: LOCAL ABCS IN KITCHENER, ONTARIO
2. Berlin, Ontario in the Age of the ABC
3. The Special-Purpose Routine: ABCs Triumphant
4. Regional Reform and Municipal Restructuring: The Final Chapter?
PART TWO: LOCAL ABCS IN THREE PROVINCIAL-MUNICIPAL DOMAINS
5. Public School Boards
6. Local Boards of Health
7. Hydro-Electric Commissions
8. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Local Institutional Change and the Policy Fields Approach
PART ONE: LOCAL ABCS IN KITCHENER, ONTARIO
2. Berlin, Ontario in the Age of the ABC
3. The Special-Purpose Routine: ABCs Triumphant
4. Regional Reform and Municipal Restructuring: The Final Chapter?
PART TWO: LOCAL ABCS IN THREE PROVINCIAL-MUNICIPAL DOMAINS
5. Public School Boards
6. Local Boards of Health
7. Hydro-Electric Commissions
8. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index