Introductory
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From  A Brief History of Canadian Climate PolicyFrom: Thirty Years of Failure |
Robert MacNeil | 31 | 2019 | $3.10 Add | |
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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 |
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From NEW! About the Authors |
Author biographies. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Appendices |
Appendices include the Life Cycle of a Bureaucrat and a glossary of terms | Angela Poirier; Jane Allt | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Best-Laid Plans |
Chapter 4 explores how plans are made, and unmade in government. It explores how plans are developed and approved and how success is measured, as well as the myriad pitfalls that can arise along … | Angela Poirier; Jane Allt | 34 | 2020 | $3.40 Add |
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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 |
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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 |
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From NEW! Chapter 11New Condo Development |
The case presented in chapter 11 finds the reader in the role of the mayor having to grapple with a new application for a large condo building in the middle of an affluent neighbourhood. There … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 12Redeveloping an Old Industrial Area |
In chapter 12, the role of the reader is to design a process to draw out a vision for how a piece of land with an industrial past can be redeveloped in a way that is harmonious and beneficial to … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 13Constructing a Complete Street Downtown |
In chapter 13, the reader functions as a planner who must grapple with the internal politics relating to developing Complete Streets. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 14Building a Professional Sports Stadium |
In chapter 14, the reader is a political staffer who works with the mayor on the issue of building a new sports stadium. How does this decision affect a political legacy? | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 15Organizational Structure and the Competition for Economic Development |
This chapter puts the reader in the role of a councillor examining organizational structures involved in economic development. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 16Meeting with the Premier |
In chapter 16, the reader becomes the CAO who must meet with the premier after a significant and tragic event. In the meeting, the mayor must keep in mind the overlapping and sometimes diverging … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 17Applying for an Intergovernmental Grant |
In chapter 17, the reader is a newly elected city councillor who assists local groups to apply for a large grant from a higher level of government, and discovers the project has only a partial … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 18Responding to the Recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission |
Chapter 18 places the reader in a role of human resources leader interested in applying the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Upon digging deeper, the reader discovers … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 19Negotiating an Inter-Municipal Water Agreement |
Chapter 19 puts the reader in the position of an engineer who must be part of negotiations to define a contract for water services among several local governments. The reader discovers the … | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
