POL101Y1 Lecture 5: POL349 Thursday October 22
Document Summary
Levels: neoliberal urbanization, urban governance and local power. Intensified competitive pressures: cities are competing with each other for events, tourists. New goals for public policy and management: shift away from public priorities to privatization and economic development. Administrative structures: municipalities, special purpose bodies, regional governments. Special purpose bodies: responsible for one or two aspects police. In canada our mayoral system is not very strong. This can influence how power arrangements work. Fiscal capacities: property taxes, fees and transfers from other levels of government, property taxes are biggest form of revenue. Structure of urban economy: level of economic development. Urban governance is focused on governing beyond the state. Includes a range of civil society and private economic actors. Is a process of coordination to attain goals and achieve collective action. Includes formal regulation and institutions, processes, policies, ideologies, coercive actions and collective mobilizations. Governance does not mean that the state or local government is not important.
