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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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Au cœur de la mémoire nationale et des trajectoires individuelles, les archives en France ne sont pas seulement un symbole. Le terme désigne en effet les millions de documents produits ou reçus par les administrations, les entreprises, les associations, les individus, mais aussi les services publics et privés qui les collectent, les conservent et les communiquent, ainsi que les dépôts et les salles de lecture. Les archives sont à la source de l'histoire et sont mobilisées par les sciences sociales, autant qu'elles restituent les activités des administrations, des associations, des entreprises ... L'exigence actuelle de transparence publique, la recrudescence des conflits mémoriels placent aujourd'hui archivistes, généalogistes, historiens et citoyens devant des enjeux considérables, proprement politiques et de portée internationale. Cet ouvrage se propose de guider le lecteur à travers cet univers mal connu en présentant les transformations de la législation, les mutations institutionnelles des services de conservation et de communication, les défis nouveaux des usages des archives et de l'entrée dans l'ère du document numérique.
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