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Outside the United States, forced municipal mergers were a popular policy in many European countries and Canadian provinces during the 1960s and 1970s. The city of Laval, just north of Montreal, and the "unicity" of Winnipeg owe their origins to this period - both amalgamations failed to meet their original objectives. Despite the emergence of "public choice" theory - which justifies municipal fragmentation on market principles - some politicians and public servants in the 1990s have continued to advocate municipal amalgamations as a means of reducing public expenditure, particularly in Ontario. In Merger Mania Andrew Sancton demonstrates that this approach has generally not saved money. He examines the history of amalgamation, as well as studying recent forced municipal mergers in Halifax, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, and Sudbury. In the concluding chapter he examines the case for municipal amalgamation on the Island of Montreal and argues that those who would abolish locally elected municipal councils are obligated to explain very carefully - especially in light of evidence to the contrary - exactly why they think such drastic measures are necessary. A compelling examination of a timely issue, Merger Mania is a must-read for anyone interested in the politics of city governments.
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"Following the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898, pro-war arguments prevailed in the American press, influencing public opinion in favor of engaging in the Spanish-American War--or so goes the popular version of events. Yet there was a substantial anti-imperialist segment of public that tried to halt the advance towards conflict"--
Spanish-American War, 1898 --- Public opinion. --- Press coverage --- Hawaii --- Annexation to the United States
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De 1974 à 1977, il a enseigné au collège Marianopolis à Montréal. Depuis, le professeur Sancton travaille à l'Université de Western Ontario à London, où il dirige le programme d'études en administration locale depuis les 15 dernières années. Ce programme offre des cours de premier cycle en administration publique destinés aux dirigeants municipaux. Il est actuellement président de la Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration et membre du conseil de l'Institut d'administration publique du Canada. On a souvent fait appel au professeur Sancton en qualité de consultant et de témoin expert. Il a d'ailleurs exercé ces deux rôles durant le débat consacré à la "méga-ville" à Toronto en 1996-97.
Annexation (Municipal government) --- Municipalités --- Municipal government. --- Administration municipale. --- Municipal annexation --- Cities and towns --- Local government --- Metropolitan areas --- Metropolitan government --- Municipal corporations --- Municipal government --- Municipal incorporation --- City government --- Municipal administration --- Municipal reform --- Municipalities --- Urban politics --- Regroupement --- Regroupement. --- Growth --- Government
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How Texas joined the United States, in a bitter political context that helped set the nation on the road towards civil war.
Texas --- United States --- Annexation to the United States. --- History --- Causes. --- Politics and government --- Annexation to the United States --- Republic, 1836-1846 --- Civil War, 1861-1865 --- Causes --- 1841-1845 --- 1845-1861
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Seward, William H. --- Seward, W. H. --- Seward, William Henry, --- Alaska --- United States --- Russia --- Annexation to the United States. --- Foreign relations
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In this exposé Sydney L. Iaukea ties personal memories to newly procured political information about Hawai`i's crucial Territorial era. Spurred by questions surrounding intergenerational property disputes in her immediate family, she delves into Hawai`i's historical archives. There she discovers the central role played by her great-great-grandfather in the politics of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawai`i-in particular, Curtis P. Iaukea's trusted position with the Hawaiian Kingdom's last ruling monarch, Queen Lili`uokalani. As Iaukea charts her ancestor's efforts to defend a culture under siege, she reveals astonishing legal and legislative maneuvers that show us how capitalism reshaped cultural relationships. She finds resonant parallels and connections between her own upbringing in Maui's housing projects, her family's penchant for hiding property, and the Hawaiian peoples' loss of their country and lands.
Hawaiians --- Government relations. --- Land tenure. --- ʻIaukea, Curtis Piʻehu, --- Liliuokalani, --- Friends and associates. --- Hawaii --- History --- Annexation to the United States.
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