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Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level, Volume 9 - Views from Canada (Paperback)
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Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level, Volume 9 - Views from Canada (Paperback)
Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in Urban Governance
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In Canada, the quality of municipal democracy has been questioned
due to three crucial factors. First, voter turnout tends to be
significantly lower for municipal elections than it is for other
levels of government. Second, the re-election rate of incumbent
candidates is higher compared to provincial, territorial, and
federal elections. Third, corruption and other scandals have
tarnished the image of local democracy. Are cities sufficiently
capable of responding to crises and representing the interests of
their residents? Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal
Level addresses these issues through qualitative and quantitative
analysis, focusing on some of the most important characteristics of
the Canadian municipal scene, including the contexts of
partisanship and non-partisanship, the careers and daily work of
municipal officials, and multilevel governance. This volume also
assists directly in the collection and dissemination of data about
cities as there is currently no centralized system for capturing
and organizing electoral statistics at the municipal level.
Municipal democracy in Canada suffers from a representation
deficit. Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level
is an important first step in building high-quality comparative
information on the politics of Canada's cities.
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