| Some Great Idea: Good Neighbourhoods, Crazy Politics and the Invention of Toronto Contributor(s): Keenan, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 1552452662 ISBN-13: 9781552452660 Publisher: Coach House Books OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Political Science | World - Canadian - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 971.354 |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.08" W x 8.09" (0.49 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Locality - Toronto, Ontario - Geographic Orientation - Ontario - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since 2010 Toronto's headlines have been consumed by the outrageous personal foibles and government-slashing, anti-urbanist policies of Mayor Rob Ford. But the heated debate at City Hall has obscured a bigger, decade-long narrative of Toronto's ascending as a mature global city. It raises questions: What role does a mayor play in a city's temperament and self-confidence? Can a terrible mayor make a city better by forcing its citizens to engage? What place is there in our new decentralized, global, open-source world for an autocrat? Edward Keenan serves as senior editor and lead columnist at The Grid magazine in Toronto, Ontario. An eight-time finalist at the National Magazine Awards, he has written for and edited at Eye Weekly, Spacing magazine, and The Walrus. |