Main entry:

Trent, Peter (Peter F.)

Title & Author:

The merger delusion : how swallowing its suburbs made an even bigger mess of Montreal / Peter F. Trent.

Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2012]
©2012

Description:

xvi, 672 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
INTRODUCTION -- 1. SynopsisThe Cult of Giantism -- 2. LanguageQuebec's Necessary Obsession -- 3. Westmount Then and Now -- THE STORY -- 4. Political Eunuchs and Fiscal Footmen (1663-1993) -- 5. Metropolitan MontrealSuffocated by Structures (1994-1995) -- 6. Merger Plans, the MUC, and a Metropolitan Miscarriage (1996) -- 7. A Quebec DividedPartition and Downloading (1997) -- 8. The Seduction of SimplicityTurn the MUC into a City (1998) -- 9. Montreal's DiseaseSuburban Parasites or Chronic Maladministration? (1999) -- 10. Quebec's RemedyA Huge New Government or a Huge New City? (1999) -- 11. Walking into a Trap (2000) -- 12. Hope and BetrayalBernard Proposes, Bouchard Disposes (2000) -- 13. If You Can't Ride Two Horses, You Shouldn't Be in the Circus (2001) -- 14. Forced to Play the Language Card (2001) -- 15. A Fight to the Finish (2001) -- 16. The Poitras Report and a Liberal Victory (2002-2003) -- 17. A Megacity Legitimized by the Indifferent and the Absent (2003-2004) -- 18. Rebirth for Some, Complexity for All (2004-2009) -- 19. Scandals, a Swollen Payroll, and an Uncelebrated Tenth Birthday (2009-2011).

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

9780773539327
0773539328

Subject:

Annexation (Municipal government) Québec (Province) Montréal.
Municipalités Regroupement Québec (Province) Montréal.
Annexation (Municipal government)
Politics and government
Montréal (Québec) Politics and government.
Montréal (Québec) Administration.
Québec Montréal.

Holdings:

Location: Library main montreal 280287
Call No.: JS1761.3.A6 A56 2012
Status: Available