The local state in Canada

Theoretical perspectives

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9783114
AutoresWarren Magnusson (Canadian Nurses Association, autor de correspondencia)
Año1985
Volumen28
Número4
Páginas575-599
Fecha de publicación1985-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCanadian Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0008-4840 • E-ISSN: 1754-7121
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1754-7121.1985.tb00385.x
OpenAlexW2020251725
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas6

Studies of government at the local level tend to be focused on the municipalities. To understand the full range of institutions at this level, a broader conception of the “local state” is required. The latter refers to the state in so far as it is present in and concerned with the local community, and thus it encompasses local agencies of the central state as well as local governments. To conceive of the local state in this way allows for a critical assessment of competing theories of local government in Canada. The latter describe local institutions variously as the third order of government, agencies for special purposes, the local public economy, or local apparatuses of the state. All but the first draw attention to non‐municipal agencies at the local level, but none give an adequate account of the structure and functions of the local state as a whole. What is required is a theory that takes the pressure for local self‐government seriously, and is sensitive to both geographical variation and historical change

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