Based on years of practical experience in small towns, Carrel argues for municipal autonomy--for turning what are now "colonies" of the federal and provincial orders of government into independent, mature, and fully democratic entities. For Carrel, the citizen is the sole legitimate source of political power, and the best tool for citizen empowerment is the controversial tool of the referendum.
This is the story of how a small municipality broke the rules of local government. It also recounts the author's irreverence for the status quo and his ideas on the rebuilding of citizenship at the community level.
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- Includes bibliographical references: p. 165-166
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- 320.8/5/0971162
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9781459301276 1896357423
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- JS1776.R67
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- C37 2001eb
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- 1 electronic text (ix, 166 p.)
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface and Acknowledgements 8
- Introduction 12
- 1 Rights and Power: Local Government in Question 24
- 2 Changing the Status Quo 30
- 3 A Municipal Constitution 44
- 4 Municipal Government: Democratic Veneer on a Colonial Core 60
- 5 Politics, Accounting, Assets, and Taxes 76
- 6 Reforming the First Order of Government 94
- 7 The Democratic Way 110
- 8 Referendum:Toy or Tool of Democracy? 120
- 9 Towards Democratic Local Government 140
- Appendix A: "A Constitution for Local Government": The Rossland Discussion Paper 152
- Appendix B: Bylaw no.1728 157
- Appendix C: Constitution Bylaw Statistics 160
- Appendix D: Principles of Local Self-Government 162
- Appendix E: Revenue Statistics 165
- Appendix F: The Parksville Experience 166
- Notes 168
- Selected Bibliography 176
