{"product_id":"9781487500184","title":"Fields of Authority: Special Purpose Governance in Ontario, 1815-2015","description":"\u003cp\u003eEverywhere we turn in Canadian local politics — from policing to transit, education to public health, planning to utilities — we encounter a peculiar institutional animal: the special purpose body. These “ABCs” of local government — library boards, school boards, transit authorities, and many others — provide vital public services, spend large sums of public money, and raise important questions about local democratic accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFields of Authority\u003c\/i\u003e, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Drawing on extensive research in local and provincial archives, Lucas uses a “policy fields” approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present. A lively and accessible study, \u003ci\u003eFields of Authority \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to readers interested in Canadian political history, urban politics, and urban public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055765700848,"sku":"9781487500184","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781487500184_p0.jpg?v=1763635721","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781487500184","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}