Governing Urban Economies

"I was delighted to learn that Neil Bradford and Allison Bramwell had assembled this important collection of articles on city-regions. Governing Urban Economies is an important resource for scholars and students of urban studies and those advocating for social innovation at all levels of governance." -- Marguerite Mendell, Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy, Concordia University "Governing Urban Economies will generate a new wave of comparative urban research in which Canadian cities are integral." -- Susan Clarke, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder

Featuring an inter-disciplinary group of established and up-and-coming scholars, this collection breaks new ground in the Canadian urban politics literature and will appeal to urbanists working in a range of national contexts.

Today more than ever, cities matter to the economic and social well-being of the vast majority of Canadians. Canada’s urban centers are simultaneously the engines of the national economy and the places where the risks of social exclusion are most concentrated, making innovative and inclusive urban governance an urgent national priority.

Governing Urban Economies is the first detailed scholarly examination of relations among governmental and community-based actors in Canadian city-regions. Comparing patterns of municipal-community relations and federal-provincial interactions across city-regions, this volume tracks the ways in which urban coalitions tackle complex economic and social challenges. Featuring an inter-disciplinary group of established and up-and-coming scholars, this collection breaks new ground in the Canadian urban politics literature and will appeal to urbanists working in a range of national contexts.