Patrick Kilfoil
Biographic Data
| ID | 5756854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Kilfoil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Kilfoil |
| SIGNATURE | KILFOIL P |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Two logics of regionalism: The development of a regional imaginary in the Toronto–Waterloo Innovation Corridor
Why and how do regional politics develop outside the context of a coherent regional economy? Alongside the familiar logic of city-regional growth coalitions, we introduce a less familiar logic of regional imaginaries actively constructing strategies in novel scalar configurations. We explore this second logic of regionalism in the case of the Toronto–Waterloo ‘Innovation Corridor’. We highlight three important forces: the productive ambiguity of …
A sizeable effect? Municipal council size and the cost of local government in Canada
This article examines the relationship between council size and municipal expenditures in Quebec's largest municipalities. Two claims commonly found in the literature are tested: the professionalization and the law of 1/n hypotheses. Using cross‐sectional data, the professionalization hypothesis is confirmed: each elected official costs more in a smaller council. As for the law of 1/n, the effect of council size on total government expenditures i…
Two logics of regionalism: The development of a regional imaginary in the Toronto–Waterloo Innovation Corridor
Why and how do regional politics develop outside the context of a coherent regional economy? Alongside the familiar logic of city-regional growth coalitions, we introduce a less familiar logic of regional imaginaries actively constructing strategies in novel scalar configurations. We explore this second logic of regionalism in the case of the Toronto–Waterloo ‘Innovation Corridor’. We highlight three important forces: the productive ambiguity of …
A sizeable effect? Municipal council size and the cost of local government in Canada
This article examines the relationship between council size and municipal expenditures in Quebec's largest municipalities. Two claims commonly found in the literature are tested: the professionalization and the law of 1/n hypotheses. Using cross‐sectional data, the professionalization hypothesis is confirmed: each elected official costs more in a smaller council. As for the law of 1/n, the effect of council size on total government expenditures i…
Two logics of regionalism: The development of a regional imaginary in the Toronto–Waterloo Innovation Corridor
Why and how do regional politics develop outside the context of a coherent regional economy? Alongside the familiar logic of city-regional growth coalitions, we introduce a less familiar logic of regional imaginaries actively constructing strategies in novel scalar configurations. We explore this second logic of regionalism in the case of the Toronto–Waterloo ‘Innovation Corridor’. We highlight three important forces: the productive ambiguity of …
Economics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Accounting (1 works) · Accounting (1 works) · Ambiguity (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis (1 works) · Centrality (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works)