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POLITICS AS BUSINESS: REVIEW

POLITICS AS BUSINESS: REVIEW. Business dominance of city government Weak government Cost control, competition, choice. WEAK GOVERNMENT: A CLOSER LOOK. Administrative strength for… …efficient management of service delivery Political weakness… …to limit democratic competition for influence.

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POLITICS AS BUSINESS: REVIEW

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  1. POLITICS AS BUSINESS: REVIEW • Business dominance of city government • Weak government • Cost control, competition, choice

  2. WEAK GOVERNMENT: A CLOSER LOOK • Administrative strength for… • …efficient management of service delivery • Political weakness… • …to limit democratic competition for influence

  3. WEAVER’S ACCOUNT AND LECTURES • Social history • Institutional analysis • Class analysis

  4. REFORM MOVEMENT A CENTURY AGO • Battle against corruption • Class struggle: Established groups vs upstarts • Established groups won • Set the pattern for weak government

  5. URBAN CANADA 1871 • Montreal 107,000 • Toronto 56,000 • Halifax 30,000 • Winnipeg 421 • Calgary 0 • Edmonton 0 • Vancouver 0

  6. URBAN CANADA’S POPULATION • 1871-1901: 650,000 to 1.3 m • 1901-1921: Tripled to 3.6 m • Winnipeg 1900-05: 42,000 to 72,800 • Winnipeg 1911: 128,000 • Edmonton: 850% increase, 1901-09

  7. TYPICAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES • No public transportation • No subsidized housing • No city planning • Primitive health services • No sidewalks or wooden ones • No public sewerage or water supply • No fire safety inspection

  8. MUNICIPAL PUBLIC SERVICE • Lacked professionalism & independence • Was corrupt

  9. Department equipment, private use Selling surplus department materials Stealing from animals The fixer Election fixing Vote buying Bribing inspectors Investing public money for profit Nepotism CORRUPTION

  10. MISMANAGEMENT • Toronto: water system failure • Winnipeg: typhoid epidemic • Calgary: ruinous debt

  11. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS • Accounting procedures • Modern business management • Civil service independence, professionalism

  12. Class analysis Utility rates Petty trade regulation Sunday closing laws POLITICAL REFORMS

  13. Early reforms limited rights Later reforms more subtle Limiting effectiveness of representation Fragmenting political power NEXT: INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS

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