Browsing Theses by Subject "municipal government"
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Participatory Democracy in Brazil: Foundations, Developments, and Limits
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-15)A lack of historical perspective sustained the widespread view that participatory initiatives in Brazil represented a marked rupture from traditional forms of political engagement to radically new democratic practices. ... -
Political movement: The role of grassroots activism on the development of wastewater treatment policy in Victoria, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-22)The City of Victoria has been discharging untreated sewage into the Pacific Ocean since 1894 (CRD 2017b; Kines 2020; Meissner 2021). On December 15th, 2020, this practice stopped after the opening of the $775 million ... -
Profiling Municipal Decision Agendas: A Pilot Study of Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-24)Canadian local governments have been consistently described as having a relatively limited role in policymaking. It has been argued in the local government literature that municipalities abide by the mandate imposed by ...