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In Fields of Authority, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Lucas uses a policy fields approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present.

Table of Contents
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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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: 27/05/2016
      ISBN13: 9781487500184, 978-1487500184
      ISBN10: 1487500181
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In Fields of Authority, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Lucas uses a policy fields approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present.

      Table of Contents
      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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