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CITC12H3: City Structures and City Choices: Local Government, Management, and Policy Making

This guide will help students in CITC12 with finding scholarly sources and policy publications for your briefing note assignment and other class requirements.

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Introduction:  

What is the issue here?  

 

 

 

 

 

Why is it important enough to be addressed through urban public policy? 

Background research: 

News articles 

Encyclopedia  

 

City reports and documents 

Think tank reports 

 

Refer to course readings 

Think tank reports 

Newspapers 

Books 

 

Government & Policy Documents 

 

Data & Statistics 

  • City of Toronto demographics and neighbourhoods  

Content: 

How did the issue arise?  

What is its history?  

What factors (larger socio-economic phenomena, political decisions, governmental policies) have contributed to it?  

What actors have (tried to) influence it, and how? What is the current state of the issue? 

 Same as above  

Analysis: 

Are policies appropriate to the issue? Why or why not? Discuss trade-offs, pros and cons (benefits and costs) of various policy options on this issue. 

Which policy elements are more important than others? Which are conditions / causes/ consequences of other elements? Are their relationships (relative importance, synergy, contradictions) appropriate to policy goals (i.e. likely to facilitate them)? If not, how should they be modified? 

 

Think tank reports 

Scholarly articles  

 

City of Toronto reports 

 

Government & Policy Documents 

 

Articles 

Journals 

Data & Statistics 

  • City of Toronto demographics and neighbourhoods 

Stakeholders: 

Identify stakeholders 

State the positive and negative impact (benefits and costs) of the issue and the policy for each stakeholder. 

 Same as above  

Best Practices: 

1.  describe / summarize those you consider optimal in your chosen policy issue in the chosen locale; and 

2. provide evidence and arguments for your selection. 

 

Think tank reports 

Scholarly articles 

 

Government & Policy Documents 

Articles 

Journals 

Recommendations: 

What is feasible / realistic / attainable? What can the municipal government do about this issue, in what timeframe, and with what resources? What are the pros and cons of this policy? What are the predictable outcomes of this policy? Refer to relevant data from sections III and V. 

Scholarly articles  

 

Other sources mentioned above as well 

Articles 

Journals