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Author : Thomas A. Hutton
Release : 1998
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 721/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Transformation of Canada's Pacific Metropolis by : Thomas A. Hutton
Download or read book The Transformation of Canada's Pacific Metropolis written by Thomas A. Hutton. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marcello Balbo
Release : 2005
Genre : Cities and towns
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Book Rating : 479/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis International Migrants and the City by : Marcello Balbo
Download or read book International Migrants and the City written by Marcello Balbo. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book, which is jointly published by UN-HABITAT and the Università Iuav di Venezia, gives an account of different policies, practices and governance models that are addressing the issue of international migration in an urbanizing world. The book reviews the policies and practices of ten cities, including Bangkok, Berlin, Dakar, Johannesburg, Karachi, Naples, Sô Paulo, Tijuana, Vancouver and Vladivostok. Key issues of analysis include the impact of national policies on international migration, the role of migrants in the local economy, the relationship between local and migrant communities, and the migrants' use of urban space. It reveals the importance and the advantages of promoting communication between stakeholders and establishing channels for representation and participation of migrants in decisions affecting their livelihoods.
Author : James Lightbody
Release : 2006-01-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 533/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis City Politics, Canada by : James Lightbody
Download or read book City Politics, Canada written by James Lightbody. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "City Politics, Canada will both irritate and please, but it should be read—it raises all the important questions about urban governance in Canada." - Caroline Andrew, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa
Author : Andrew Sancton
Release : 2014-11-13
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 971/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Citizen Participation at the Local Level in China and Canada by : Andrew Sancton
Download or read book Citizen Participation at the Local Level in China and Canada written by Andrew Sancton. This book was released on 2014-11-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What, if anything, is similar about citizen participation at the local level in Canada and China? The answer, of course, is politically sensitive. There are many in Canada who would claim that the question is absurd. How can there be meaningful citizen participation in a country where there are significant restrictions on political activity, including on the right to form organizations with political purposes? Presenting the work of leading scholars, Citizen Participation at the Local Level in China and Canada examines how citizens in each country participate at the local level. The book examines the development of citizen participation in local governance in Canada and China respectively. It then covers the characteristics of political culture and climate on local participation, highlighting factors especially unique to urban poor, class migration, and aboriginal and immigrant populations. The chapters also explore means of protest, demonstration, and articulation of preference by populations and issues where citizen participation has effected change such as land use, housing, urban development, and resource sustainability. The book includes case studies that compare Canadian and Chinese communities and extrapolate interesting policy-level changes at the local level based on citizen behavior and involvement. It underscores the similarities and differences in political participation in both countries and sets the stage for the steps in the citizen participation in both countries.
Author : Kathrine E. Richardson
Release : 2017-04-28
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 032/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Knowledge Borders by : Kathrine E. Richardson
Download or read book Knowledge Borders written by Kathrine E. Richardson. This book was released on 2017-04-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key sections of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) deal with temporary labor mobility. Ideally, NAFTA status provisions should make the temporary movement of professionals easier across the border of all NAFTA countries. However, in the case of some key sectors, it is arguably not the case. Within the context of recent literature on cross-border trade, city regions, regionalism, international labor mobility, and post-September 11 security measures, this book probes the dynamics of transitory immigration of ‘knowledge-workers’ between the North American west coast city regions of Vancouver, Seattle, and the greater San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley area. This book includes in-depth interviews with Canadian and US immigration officials, immigration attorneys and executives and professional staff of new technology firms and Fortune 500 companies. It ultimately explores whether or not the Canada–US border is an impediment to the development of a cross-border high-tech clusters.
