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Tables of Contents for Urban Affairs
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction: Urban Affairs in Canada: Changing Roles and Changing Perspectives
3
20
Caroline Andrew
Katherine A. Graham
Susan D. Phillips
PART ONE BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY
Immigration and Canadian Cities: Building Inclusion
23
22
Valerie Preston
Madeleine Wong
Aboriginal People in Urban Areas
45
26
Evelyn Peters
Bright New Vision or Same Old Story? Looking for Gender Justice in the Eco-city
71
22
Sherilyn MacGregor
``The Voice of Women'' in Canadian Local Government
93
26
Carolyn Whitzman
What Causes Inner-city Decay, and What Can Be Done about It?
119
32
Christopher Leo
Lisa Shaw
PART TWO GOVERNANCE
Is Urban Affairs a Priority on the Public Agenda?
151
6
Merle Nicholds
Toronto's Legal Challenge to Amalgamation
157
22
Beth Moore Milroy
Sings of Life? The Transformation of Two-tier Metropolitan Government
179
22
Andrew Sancton
PART THREE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Community Economic Development in Canadian Cities: From Expirement to Mainstream
201
20
Barbara Levine
Sherri Torjman
Paul Born
Urban Issues and the New Policy Challenges: The Example of Public Consultation Policy in Montreal
221
18
Pierre Hamel
From the National to the Local: Recent Lessons for Economic Development Policy
239
26
David A. Wolfe
Postmodern Planning: All Talk, No Action?
265
24
Pierre Filion
PART FOUR FISCAL CHALLENGES
Emerging Trends in Urban Affairs - A Municipal Manager's View
289
14
W. Michael Fenn
Some Puppets; Some Shoestrings! The Changing Intergovernmental Context
303
6
Ken Cameron
Have Fiscal Issues Put urban Affairs Back on the Policy Agenda?
309
22
Enid Slack
CONCLUSION
The City as the Hope of Democracy
331
14
Warren Magnusson
Bibliography
345
50
Index
395
4
About the Authors
399