Suburbanization, the vote, and changes in federal and provincial political representation and influence between inner cities and suburbs in large Canadian urban regions, 1945-1999

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 411-440

  Walks, R Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Elections; Inner cities; Neoliberalism; Political influence; Political representation; Suburbanization; Suburbs

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; INNER CITY AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; SUBURBANIZATION; URBAN POLITICS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542349979     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087403260787     Document Type: Article

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