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    Fields of Authority
    Special Purpose Governance in Ontario, 1815-2015

    Jack Lucas (Author)

    9781487500184

    Hardback, published 27 May 2016

    320 pages, 13 figures
    22.9 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.62 kg

    Everywhere we turn in Canadian local politics – from policing to transit, education to public health, planning to utilities – we encounter a peculiar institutional animal: the special purpose body. These "ABCs" of local government –  library boards, school boards, transit authorities, and many others – provide vital public services, spend large sums of public money, and raise important questions about local democratic accountability.

    In Fields of Authority, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Drawing on extensive research in local and provincial archives, Lucas uses a "policy fields" approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present. A lively and accessible study, Fields of Authority will appeal to readers interested in Canadian political history, urban politics, and urban public policy.

    Foreword

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    1. Local Institutional Change and the Policy Fields Approach 

    PART ONE: LOCAL ABCS IN KITCHENER, ONTARIO

    2. Berlin, Ontario in the Age of the ABC

    3. The Special-Purpose Routine: ABCs Triumphant

    4. Regional Reform and Municipal Restructuring: The Final Chapter? 

    PART TWO: LOCAL ABCS IN THREE PROVINCIAL-MUNICIPAL DOMAINS

    5. Public School Boards

    6. Local Boards of Health

    7. Hydro-Electric Commissions

    8. Conclusion

    Notes

    Bibliography

    Index
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