Zachary Spicer
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From  NEW! Chapter 22Water Fluoridation |
As a chief medical officer in Chapter 22, the reader must navigate a group of citizens who would like to remove fluoridation from municipal water. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 23Banning Plastic Bags |
In chapter 23, the reader becomes a municipal administrator preparing a report for council on banning plastic bags, only to find the topic is much more complex than anticipated. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 24Crafting an Arts and Culture Strategy |
Chapter 24 places the reader in the role of a director of culture for a large urban municipality and is tasked with designing an arts and culture strategy. Implementation with diverse and … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 25Regulating Private Transportation Companies |
Chapter 25 leads the reader into the challenge of regulating private transportation network companies, a complex and quickly evolving area. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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From NEW! Conclusion |
The conclusion chapter weaves together the main themes and cases of the book via another case study that humanizes the local government environment. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Credits |
Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 1 | 2020 | $0.10 Add | |
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From NEW! Index |
Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add | |
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NEW! Local Government in PracticeCases in Governance, Planning and Policy |
Local Government in Practice: Cases in Governance, Planning, and Policy equips students to effectively deal with contemporary challenges within local government. Through a series of … | Zachary Spicer | 330 | 2020 | View |
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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 |
