POL346Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Constitution Act, 1867, Civil Society, Local Government In Canada
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People in urban politics: elinor ostrom: first studies focused on urban policies forces in speedway and. Indianapolis, indiana: challenged conventional wisdom by demonstrating how local property can be successfully managed by local commons without central regulation of privatization, won the nobel prize in economics in 2012. Interest rate hike: 4 ways canadians should prepare. Part 1: history and background in urban politics. Six dimensions: size of population, diversity, complexity, smith on vs. la, wealth of population, programmatic capacity. A wealthier city is going to have more resources to tackle problems. Who is demanding access to parks or better schools: magnitude and distribution of wealth both matter for urban politics. How that wealth is distributed: rio janeiro vs. la. Types of policy issues that are going to be driven to take on. City council: how big is it, what powers does it have, what rules its govern, what role does it have with respect to executives.
