GGRB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sewage Treatment, Common Sense Revolution, City Beautiful Movement
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Cities are important, but how we govern locally will determine its success and failures. The role of science and technology will not solve the problems. The city is a social construct; people view it as a space and place for the wealthy, the impoverished, etc. The politics is always changing, it"s always what we"re thinking about. They collect the most money (taxes) and transfer some to the province, and from the province it is discretionary whether it gets transferred to the local governance. What happens at the federal level (parliament) has little to do in your daily lives, it is the local governance (the city) that affects your everyday lives. Institutions are formed to deal with conflict. Power = a gets b to do something it wants. Authority = b does it because it is proper/relevant. The nicest form of influence by telling the truth and explaining why someone should do something.
