The local state in Canada

Theoretical perspectives

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9783114
AutoresWarren Magnusson (Canadian Nurses Association, autor correspondente)
Ano1985
Volume28
Fascículo4
Páginas575-599
Data de publicação1985-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCanadian Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0008-4840 • E-ISSN: 1754-7121
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1754-7121.1985.tb00385.x
OpenAlexW2020251725
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências 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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