Joseph Lyons
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From NEW! Preface |
An introduction to the structure and purpose of the book and author acknowledgements. | Joseph Lyons; Zachary Spicer | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
From NEW! About the Authors |
Author biographies. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
From NEW! A Brief Introduction to Local Government |
This chapter orients the reader to the scope, brief history, language, legal frameworks, municipal structures and politics of local government in Canada. It also introduces the case study … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 30 | 2020 | $3.00 Add |
From NEW! Part IPolitics and People: Cases in Council-Staff Relations |
This first chapter considers the relationship between staff and elected officials, and discusses the uniqueness of local governance and politics. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 1Hiring a CAO |
In this chapter, the reader is a newly elected councillor representing both urban and rural areas who must choose a new CAO. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 2Introducing Online and Telephone Voting |
In this chapter, the reader assumes the role of clerk in a large municipality faced with the challenge of deciding how to make local elections safe, secure and accessible in order to increase … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 3Changing Municipal Electoral Boundaries |
Chapter three asks the reader to consider how redrawing ward boundaries opens up the inner workings and processes of municipal government. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 4Blowing the Whistle |
In this chapter, the reader is asked to consider what to do when you observe unethical decision-making by your manager. You report the concern, only to have the file transferred to another staff. … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 5Creating a Code of Conduct and Lobbyist Registry |
In this chapter, the reader an employee in the Clerk’s office, and must develop a code of conduct and lobbyist registry, which brings up questions of how power, politics and other competing … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
From NEW! Part IICases in Finances |
Part II introduces municipal budgets and the broader municipal financial landscape in Canada. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 6Balancing the Budget |
In this chapter, the reader is a councillor for affluent neighbourhoods in a mid-sized city and must grapple with competing issues related to the budget, such as homelessness. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 7Dealing with Police Salaries |
In this chapter, the reader becomes a junior financial analyst in the middle of a public debate about compensation in the public sector, with a focus on police force salaries. The reader … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 8Increasing User Fees for Recreation |
Chapter eight again places the reader in a junior financial analyst role, where they must figure out how to best serve the public interest in the face of a need to raise fees for recreation services. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 9Subsidizing Transit Passes for Seniors |
Here, the junior financial analyst must decide what to do with the contentious issue of subsidizing transit for seniors, knowing that the decisions will communicate about underlying values about … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 10Debating Privatization |
In chapter ten, the reader works in the Public Works department and must consider whether and which services to begin privatizing. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
From NEW! Part IIICases in Planning and Economic Development |
Part III gives an orientation to land use planning and economic development issues and processes, highlighting key themes, debates and challenges of municipal government. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |