Governing Urban Economies : : Innovation and Inclusion in Canadian City Regions / / Neil Bradford, Allison Bramwell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Pilot 2014-2015
• HerausgeberIn: Bradford, Neil ,; Bramwell, Allison,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-Regions
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 1 figure

Today more than ever, cities matter to the economic and social well-being of the vast majority of Canadians. Canada's urban centers are simultaneously the engines of the national economy and the places where the risks of social exclusion are most concentrated, making innovative and inclusive urban governance an urgent national priority.Governing Urban Economies is the first detailed scholarly examination of relations among governmental and community-based actors in Canadian city-regions. Comparing patterns of municipal-community relations and federal-provincial interactions across city-regions, this volume tracks the ways in which urban coalitions tackle complex economic and social challenges. Featuring an inter-disciplinary group of established and up-and-coming scholars, this collection breaks new ground in the Canadian urban politics literature and will appeal to urbanists working in a range of national contexts.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword to the Series -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Governing Urban Economies: Innovation and Inclusion in Canadian City-Regions -- 2. Social Actors and Hybrid Governance in Community Economic Development in Montreal -- 3. Dimensions of Governance in the Megacity: Scale, Scope, and Coalitions in Toronto -- 4. Myth Making and the "Waterloo Way": Exploring Associative Governance in Kitchener-Waterloo -- 5. The Politics of Coalition Building in a Deindustrializing City: Linkages, Leadership, and Agendas in Hamilton -- 6. Linking Innovation and Inclusion: The Governance Question in Ottawa -- 7. Embarrassment and Riches: Good Governance and Bad Governance in the St John's City-Region -- 8. 300 People Who Make a Difference: Associative Governance in Calgary -- 9. Challenge and Change in London: The Social Dynamics of Urban Economic Governance -- 10. Governance Innovations in Saskatoon: From State and Cooperatives to Local Partnerships -- 11. The Missing Link: Immigrant Integration, Innovation, and Skills Underutilization in Vancouver -- 12. The Bumpy Road to Regional Governance and Inclusive Development in Greater Moncton -- 13. The Rise of Metropolitics: Urban Governance in the Age of the City-Region -- 14. Civic Infrastructures of Innovation and Inclusion? Reflections on Urban Governance in Canada -- Contributors