https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/The-politics-of-municipal-mergers.html https://metropolitics.org/The-politics-of-municipal-mergers.html 2013-03-06T05:55:00Z text/html en Richard Harris local government decentralization governance democracy local finance local governance local authorities intercommunality Montreal Canada <p>In the late 1990s, the province of Quebec reacted to metropolitan growth in Montreal by merging the city with 27 of its suburbs, provoking a major debate and, ultimately, a number of demergers. An account written by one of the leading opponents to amalgamation (and ex-mayor of one of the demerged suburbs) discusses the experience and the issues at stake, providing a timely counterpoint to the French debate on “Greater Paris”. <br class='autobr' /> Detailed accounts of municipal amalgamation can be exciting. Who</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-Reviews-.html" rel="directory">Reviews</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-local-governement-+.html" rel="tag">local government</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-decentralization-+.html" rel="tag">decentralization</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-governance-+.html" rel="tag">governance</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-democracy-+.html" rel="tag">democracy</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-local-finance-+.html" rel="tag">local finance</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-local-governance-+.html" rel="tag">local governance</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-local-authorities-+.html" rel="tag">local authorities</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-intercommunality-+.html" rel="tag">intercommunality</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Montreal,461-+.html" rel="tag">Montreal</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Canada-+.html" rel="tag">Canada</a>