La Frenesie Des Fusions / Merger Mania: Une Attaque a La Democratie Locale / the Assault on Local Government

by Sancton, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780773521650
• ISBN10: 0773521658
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

De 1974 a 1977, il a enseigne au college Marianopolis a Montreal. Depuis, le professeur Sancton travaille a l'Universite de Western Ontario a London, ou il dirige le programme d'etudes en administration locale depuis les 15 dernieres annees. Ce programme offre des cours de premier cycle en administration publique destines aux dirigeants municipaux. Il est actuellement president de la Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration et membre du conseil de l'Institut d'administration publique du Canada. On a souvent fait appel au professeur Sancton en qualite de consultant et de temoin expert. Il a d'ailleurs exerce ces deux roles durant le debat consacre a la "mega-ville" a Toronto en 1996-97.

Table of Contents

Summary	7	(14)
Introduction	21	(4)
Municipal Amalgamation in the United States, 1854-1942	25	(16)
Consolidation in Philadelphia, 1854	27	(3)
Consolidation in New York, 1898	30	(6)
The consolidationist retreat	36	(5)
The Era of Big Government: The 1960s and 1970s	41	(28)
Great Britain	42	(4)
Metropolitan Toronto and Ontario's Regional Governments	46	(5)
Laval, Quebec	51	(6)
Winnipeg	57	(6)
Europe	63	(6)
The Decline of the Consolidationist Movement in the United States, the Emergence of ``Public Choice,'' and the ``New Regionalism''	69	(14)
Municipal Consolidation in the U.S. Since 1945	70	(4)
Public Choice	74	(4)
New Regionalist Approaches in the U.S.	78	(5)
Amalgamations in the 1990s	83	(30)
New Zealand	84	(1)
Australia	85	(2)
Great Britain	87	(2)
Nova Scotia	89	(12)
Ontario	101	(12)
Toronto's Megacity	113	(28)
The Golden Task Force	115	(2)
The Harris Conservatives and Toronto's Megacity	117	(6)
Staffing Issues	123	(2)
Financial Implications	125	(11)
Governance	136	(5)
More Change in Ontario: Ottawa, Hamilton, Sudbury, and Toronto (Again)	141	(20)
Restructuring Controversies Prior to 1999	142	(2)
The Special Advisors	144	(10)
The Fewer Politicians Act, 1999	154	(7)
Conclusion	161	(8)
Bibliography	169