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City Politics, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2006

R. Alan Walks
Affiliation:
University of Toronto

Extract

City Politics, Canada, James Lightbody, Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2006, pp. 576.

Scholarly research on Canadian urban politics has never been extensive, and the few who teach in the field have had to make do with a limited range of textbooks, mostly focused on the institutions of local government. Those wanting to extend their coverage to deal with such issues as the importance of globalization, social movements, race and ethnicity, social inequality, urban political culture, regional governance, the media, and federal policy, have been forced to rely on an assemblage of diverse materials. As well, the politics of, and role played by, the suburbs is often marginal to most texts, focused as they are on the politics of the largest central cities.

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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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