An Agenda for Comparing Local Governance and Institutional Collective Action in Canada and the United States. Issue 3 (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zeemering, Eric S.
• Is Part Of: Urban affairs review. Volume 55:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 858
• Page End: 886
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: institutional collective action -- Canada -- comparative urban politics -- paradiplomacy -- cross-border collaboration; City planning -- Periodicals; Aménagement urbain; Développement urbain; Planification urbaine; Politique urbaine; Recherche; Sociologie urbaine; Urbanisme; Ville; États-Unis; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 307.76
• DOI: 10.1177/1078087417738094
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1078-0874

Abstract

As neighboring federal systems, Canada and the United States provide an opportunity to compare institutional collective action (ICA) by proximate local governments. After explaining the importance of understanding local governance in Canada and the United States in comparative context, the ICA framework is used to highlight propositions along two paths of inquiry. First, the ICA framework can be used to compare responses to ICA dilemmas in two distinct systems of local governance, focusing on the comparative instance of use and performance of ICA mechanisms. Second, the ICA framework can be used to analyze collaboration and paradiplomacy across the international border. Deploying the ICA framework for comparative research can improve our understanding of local governance and local government reform in both countries.