2000
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00277
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Governance Restructuring in Los Angeles and Toronto: Amalgamation or Secession?

Abstract: Towards the end of the 1990s, a perplexing situation occurred in two large North American cities. In Toronto, Ontario, and Los Angeles, California, conservative political forces undertook to restructure the system of urban governance. While initiated by conservatives in both cases, in Toronto the result was consolidation; in Los Angeles secessionism is rampant. In both cases the political debate on amalgamation and secession is tied in with discourses on size, efficiency and form of urban government. In both c… Show more

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“…Previous research frequently mention the importance of local identities in the amalgamation of municipalities in different countries (Baldersheim and Rose 2010;Mecking 2012;van Assche 2005;Boudreau and Keil 2001;Tomàs 2012;Spicer 2012;Fortin and Bédard 2003;Lightbody 1999;Keil 2000Keil , 2002Hulst and van Montfort 2007;Alexander 2013;Rausch 2012). These studies, however, hardly investigate the character of these local identities.…”
Section: Measuring Local Identitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Previous research frequently mention the importance of local identities in the amalgamation of municipalities in different countries (Baldersheim and Rose 2010;Mecking 2012;van Assche 2005;Boudreau and Keil 2001;Tomàs 2012;Spicer 2012;Fortin and Bédard 2003;Lightbody 1999;Keil 2000Keil , 2002Hulst and van Montfort 2007;Alexander 2013;Rausch 2012). These studies, however, hardly investigate the character of these local identities.…”
Section: Measuring Local Identitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Por otra parte, es precisamente en nombre del respeto a la democracia local que ciertos procesos secesionistas conducen a algunos municipios a "separarse" por medio del referéndum de las instituciones metropolitanas. Estos procesos están actualmente en boga en Norteamérica y recientemente en Europa occidental (Boudreau et al, 2001;Keil, 2000).…”
Section: Esplendores Y Realidades De La Democracia Local (Particiunclassified
“…Actualmente, dos gobiernos que representan una misma línea ideológica pueden tomar posiciones diametralmente opuestas sobre la misma cuestión: California ha permitido a los habitantes del valle de San Fernando realizar un referéndum que les permita poder separase políticamente de Los Angeles; Notario, por el contrario, decidió fusionar de manera autoritaria y en contra de la opinión de la clase media del extrarradio, que constituía su electorado «natural», a los municipios situados alrededor de Toronto. Estos dos Estados estaban gobernados sin embargo por conservadores (KEIL, 2000).…”
Section: ¿Es Indispensable Una Regulación Metropolitana?unclassified