Accountability and responsiveness at the municipal level : views from Canada / edited by Sandra Breux and Jérôme Couture.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sins of the brother: partisanship and accountability in Toronto, 2014 / Laura B. Stephenson, R. Michael McGregor, and Aaron A. Moore -- Accountability without parties? political business cycle and the re-election on incumbents / Jérôme Couture and Sandra Breux -- Political accountability and responsiveness: what is the role of municipal political parties? / Jérôme Couture, Sandra Breux, and Laurence Bherer -- Responsiveness, accountability, and the long-term development of local political careers in Calgary and Edmonton / Jack Lucas and Anthony Sayers -- What happened to incumbent councillors in the Greater Sudbury and London, Ontario, in 2014? the role of Ontario ombudsman's reports on alleged secret meetings / Andrew Sancton -- Accountability and local politics: contextual barriers and cognitive variety / Anne Mévellec -- Accountability and local collaborative governance / Joseph Lyons and Zachary Spicer -- The responsiveness issue and the blurry lines of accountability in regional transportation planning, governance, and finace: the case of Metrolinx / Fanny R. Tremblay-Racicot -- Mirror image: the fight against homelessness in Calgary and Montreal / Alison Smith -- Accountability and responsiveness at the municipal level: limitations and opportunities / Ruth Dassonneville -- Do responsiveness and accountability matter at the municipal level? / Jérôme Couture and Sandra Breux.

"In Canada, the quality of municipal democracy has been questioned due to three crucial factors. First, voter turnout tends to be significantly lower for municipal elections than it is for other levels of government. Second, the re-election rate of incumbent candidates is higher compared to provincial, territorial, and federal elections. Third, corruption and other scandals have tarnished the image of local democracy. Are cities sufficiently capable of responding to crises and representing the interests of their residents? Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level addresses these issues through qualitative and quantitative analysis, focusing on some of the most important characteristics of the Canadian municipal scene, including the contexts of partisanship and non-partisanship, the careers and daily work of municipal officials, and multilevel governance. This volume also assists directly to the collection and dissemination of data about cities as there is currently no centralized system for capturing and organizing electoral statistics at the municipal level. Municipal democracy in Canada suffers from a representation deficit. Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level is an important first step in building high-quality comparative information on the politics of Canada's cities."-- Provided by publisher.

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