A charter for the people? A research note on the debate about municipal autonomy in Toronto

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-102

  Keil, Roger ^a   Young, Douglas ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

City charter; Local democracy; Municipal autonomy; Toronto; Urban governance restructuring

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; URBAN AREA;

CANADA;

EID: 0141863318     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087403253055     Document Type: Article

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