Abstract/Details

Local economic development and municipal government: Evolving roles and practices

Chadwick-Parkes, Sandra Joanne.   University of Guelph (Canada) ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2008. NR42555.

Abstract (summary)

The interplay between the technological, economic and socio-institutional spheres has wrought three significant changes for government in contemporary society; globalisation, neoliberal economic ideology, and new public management (NPM). Rather than ad hoc events, Long Wave Theory particularly Perez's (1988; 2002) techno-economic paradigm demonstrates that such changes are part of a centuries-old pattern of interaction and accommodation in capitalist societies. Contrary to claims that this sequence of events will diminish government she predicted that it would reinvent itself into a more participatory institution. Weiss' (1998: 209) theory on the "transformative capacity" of government and concepts of partnerships and governance seem to bear this out, and render partnerships the modern tool of transformation.

Using three rural Ontario communities as case studies, a larger body of secondary data, and a post-positivist research paradigm, this thesis looks at change and transformative capacity at the rural municipal level in Ontario. It examines how the above changes challenged rural municipal viability and community sustainability, and how its own responses have transformed its roles, the nature of rural governing and economic development process and practice, and warrant a revision of traditional conceptions of Canadian Municipal government, community and rural development theory and practice.

Indexing (details)


Business indexing term
Subject
Public administration;
Economics
Classification
0501: Economics
0617: Public administration
Identifier / keyword
Social sciences; Economic development; Local economic development; Municipal government; Ontario
Title
Local economic development and municipal government: Evolving roles and practices
Author
Chadwick-Parkes, Sandra Joanne
Number of pages
319
Degree date
2008
School code
0081
Source
DAI-A 69/11, Dissertation Abstracts International
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Country of publication
United States
ISBN
978-0-494-42555-8
University/institution
University of Guelph (Canada)
University location
Canada -- Ontario, CA
Degree
Ph.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
NR42555
ProQuest document ID
304599931
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/304599931