Exploring the metropolitan trap: the case of Montreal

This article analyses the normative dimension of metropolitan governance in the case of Montreal. According to the main schools of thought (the reform school, the public choice school, new regionalism and the rescaling approach), there is an ideal scale at which to achieve specific goals such as equ...

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Autor: Tomàs Fornés, Mariona
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Administració municipal
Mont-real (Quebec)
Ciutats
Municipal government
Montréal (Québec)
Cities and towns
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spelling Exploring the metropolitan trap: the case of MontrealTomàs Fornés, MarionaAdministració municipalMont-real (Quebec)CiutatsMunicipal governmentMontréal (Québec)Cities and townsThis article analyses the normative dimension of metropolitan governance in the case of Montreal. According to the main schools of thought (the reform school, the public choice school, new regionalism and the rescaling approach), there is an ideal scale at which to achieve specific goals such as equality, efficiency, democracy and economic competitiveness. These ideologically oriented conceptions of metropolitan governance are assumed by actors and used as symbolic resources to build their own strategies, i.e. to support or contest institutional reforms — what we call the metropolitan trap. The case of Montreal, which underwent two successive institutional reforms between 2000 and 2006, provides empirical evidence for this idea. Our analysis reveals that the Government of Quebec and local elected councils of Greater Montreal are trapped by these normative conceptions, especially the old regionalisms. However, scalar strategies do not compete equally, as the institutional context legitimates specific approaches to metropolitan governance.Wiley2025202520122025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion14 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/223624Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència Política, Dret Constitucional i Filosofia del Dret)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01066.xInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2012, vol. 36, num.3, p. 554-567https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01066.x(c) Urban Research Publications Limited, 2012info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2236242026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Exploring the metropolitan trap: the case of Montreal
spellingShingle Exploring the metropolitan trap: the case of Montreal
Tomàs Fornés, Mariona
Administració municipal
Mont-real (Quebec)
Ciutats
Municipal government
Montréal (Québec)
Cities and towns
title_short Exploring the metropolitan trap: the case of Montreal
title_full Exploring the metropolitan trap: the case of Montreal
title_fullStr Exploring the metropolitan trap: the case of Montreal
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the metropolitan trap: the case of Montreal
title_sort Exploring the metropolitan trap: the case of Montreal
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tomàs Fornés, Mariona
author Tomàs Fornés, Mariona
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Administració municipal
Mont-real (Quebec)
Ciutats
Municipal government
Montréal (Québec)
Cities and towns
topic Administració municipal
Mont-real (Quebec)
Ciutats
Municipal government
Montréal (Québec)
Cities and towns
description This article analyses the normative dimension of metropolitan governance in the case of Montreal. According to the main schools of thought (the reform school, the public choice school, new regionalism and the rescaling approach), there is an ideal scale at which to achieve specific goals such as equality, efficiency, democracy and economic competitiveness. These ideologically oriented conceptions of metropolitan governance are assumed by actors and used as symbolic resources to build their own strategies, i.e. to support or contest institutional reforms — what we call the metropolitan trap. The case of Montreal, which underwent two successive institutional reforms between 2000 and 2006, provides empirical evidence for this idea. Our analysis reveals that the Government of Quebec and local elected councils of Greater Montreal are trapped by these normative conceptions, especially the old regionalisms. However, scalar strategies do not compete equally, as the institutional context legitimates specific approaches to metropolitan governance.
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