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MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE:
POLICY AND PROGRAM DELIVERY IN CANADA
PPAS 3140 3.0 – WINTER 2012
Lecture: Wednesdays 4-7pm
Location: HNE 037
Instructor: Mai Nguyen
E-mail:
Office hours: Wednesdays 3-4pm
139 McLaughlin College
Textbooks:
Robert Young and Christian Leuprecht, Canada: The State of the Federation 2004 – Municipal-Federal-Provincial Relations in Canada, 2004
James Lightbody, City Politics, Canada, 2006
Course Objectives:
Increasingly, public policy results from the interaction of public and private institutions and actors at the local, regional, national and international levels. This course examines the division of responsibilities and the financial relations among municipal, provincial and federal governments within Canada, the influence of international institutions and agreements on decision-making and service delivery, and the changing role of non-governmental organizations in policy development and service delivery. The course pays particular attention to the place of large urban centres in the emerging system of multilevel governance.
Organization:
Each week, most of the class time will be devoted to a lecture of the topic and readings indicated in the outline. For week 4 and on the last hour of class will be devoted to student presentations. Each week of presentations there will be 2 teams. Each team will be assigned a position to debate (YES/NO) on the question I present to the class the week before. The purpose of the presentations is to assist you in learning how to think critically about the processes and policies of government in addition to helping you get ideas for your final paper. The key responsible of the presenters is to get class discussion moving. Therefore, it is expected that each student does the readings and attend the lectures in order to effectively participate and contribute to the debate each week.
Term paper:
Each student must write a paper (6-8 pages double-spaced) which will be an outline and critique of a policy area involving a particular metropolitan city and the federal and provincial governments. Some examples are housing policies, service-delivery policies, waste-management policies, infrastructure policies, aboriginal policies, transportation policies etc.
Prior to submitting the major paper, an annotated bibliography will be due in class. The purpose of this bibliography is to help you organize and research the topic of your choice. A minimum of 5 sources will required. You will discuss the source, provide a background, and tell me how and why these sources will be used.
Composition of Grades:
Course Item / Course Weight / Due Date or Scheduled DateAnnotated Bibliography / 15% / (February 1st)
Major Paper / 35% / (March 14th)
Participation / 20% / (Throughout Term)
Final Exam / 30% / (TBA)
LECTURE SCHEDULE AND READINGS
Week 1 – January 4: Introduction to course
(Lecture only. No readings assigned.)
Week 2 – January 11: The origins and organization of multilevel governance
Lightbody: Chapter 1
Young and Leuprecht: Introduction and Chapter 2
Week 3 – January 18: Public Policy and Multilevel Governance
Lightbody: Chapter 2 and 3
R.A.W. Rhodes, "The New Governance: Governing without Government,"Political Studies, No:44 (September)1996, 652-667
Week 4 – January 25:Mechanisms and Processes of Multilevel Governance in Canada
Young and Leuprecht: Chapters 11, 13, and 14
Week 5 – February 1:First Nations Self-Government as Multilevel Governance
Annotated Bibliography Due
Francois Rocher and Miriam Smith: New Trends in Canadian Federalism (2ed.), Chapter 6 – ON RESERVE
Kiera Ladner, "Up the Creek: Fishing for a New Constitutional Order,"Canadian Journal of Political ScienceVol:38(4) 2005, 923-954.
Gurston Dacks, "Implementing First Nations Government in Yukon: Lessons for Canada,"Canadian Journal of Political Science,Vol:37(3) 2004, 671-694.
John Richards, “Commentary: Neighbors Matter – Poor Neighborhoods and Urban Aboriginal Policy,” C.D Howe Institute, No. 156, November 2001
Gary N. Wilson, "Nested Federalism in Arctic Quebec: A Comparative Perspective,"Canadian Journal of Political Science,Vol:41(1) 2008, 71-92.
Week 6 – February 8: Governance in a Plural Community I
Young and Leuprecht: Chapter 9
Frances Frisken and Marcia Wallace, "Governing the Multicultural City-Region,"Canadian Public AdministrationVol:46(2) 2003, 153-177
Week 7 – February 15:Governance in a Plural Community II
Lightbody: Chapter 8
Mai Nguyen, “Unleashing the Power of Consultations and Partnerships Through Aboriginal Participation,”Journal of US-China Public Administration Vol: 7(12) 2010, 9-17
Week 8 – February 22:NO CLASS - READING WEEK
Week 9 – February 29: Fiscal Policy and Multilevel Governance
Young and Leuprecht: Chapters 3 and 4
Lightbody: Chapter 9
Play webinar
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Week 10 - March 7:Restructuring Local Governments
Young and Leuprecht: Chapters 5, 6 and 8
Lightbody: Chapter 12
Week 11 – March 14:Multilevel Governance and Policies in Practice
Major Paper Due
Young and Leuprecht: Chapter 10
Lightbody: Chapter 12
Week 12 – March 21:Globalization and Multilevel Governance
Lightbody: Chapter 14
Week 13 – March 28:LAST DAY OF CLASS – EXAM REVIEW
Late Penalties: