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A Citizen's Guide to City Politics
Eric Shragge, Jason Prince and Mostafa Henaway, eds.

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A Citizen's Guide to City Politics: Montréal

Eric Shragge, Jason Prince and Mostafa Henaway, eds.

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Bravo! A hard-hitting exploration of Montreal issues just in time for the city’s 2021 election. Progressive yet non-partisan. Full of savvy on what city hall could do about climate change, public transit, policing, tax-system reform, sprawl, the REM, democratic reform and tenants rights. Initiates a needed discussion on repositioning Montreal in a post-pandemic world.
— Henry Aubin, journalist and author of the 1977 bestseller: Les vrais propriétaires de Montréal, published by Éditions l’Étincelle


World cities face persistent tension between the pull of globalization and the needs of citizens. Conventional political parties present milquetoast solutions that accommodate the interests of business. Meanwhile, citizens in cafes, meeting halls, on the streets, and now in virtual forums are rising to the challenge of imagining new and radical municipal policy from the ground up. This book explores the future of Montreal’s citizens’ movements at a moment defined by the threats of pandemic, austerity, housing speculation and insecurity, and racism. It pairs contemporary analysis with an exploration of Montreal’s rich municipal history. The editors of A Citizen’s Guide to City Politics gathered more than twenty activists, urban planners, and thinkers to address the major problems facing Montrealers and propose alternatives from a citizen's perspective. Municipal movements everywhere will see their own struggles reflected in this guide and will find inspiration for debate and action.

Eric Shragge taught community organizing and development at Concordia and now works with Mostafa Henaway as an organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre. Jason Prince is an urban planner and social economy expert who teaches at Concordia University in Montreal.

Table of Contents

Introduction

- Mostafa Henaway, Jason Prince, and Eric Shragge 

Preface

- Luc Ferrandez 

Montreal, between Oral Tradition and Historical Archives

- Eric Pouliot-Thisdale 

Power and the City

- Mostafa Henaway, Jason Prince, and Eric Shragge 

PART I. NATURE AND THE CITY 

Despair and Hope: A Story of Montreal’s Natural Spaces

- Patrick Barnard 

Montreal's COVID-19 Pandemic: A Crisis of Inequality

- Elizabeth Leier 

Montreal’s Changing Climate: There Is No Turning Back

- Joey El-Khoury 

PART II. MOVING IN THE CITY

Debating Public Transit: What about a Regional Tramway?

- Luc Gagnon and Jean-François Lefebvre 

F*** the Car: A New Vision for Transport in the Montreal Region

- Jason Prince 

Beyond Critical Mass: Scaling up Bike Infrastructure in Montreal

- Bartek Komorowski 

Streets That Breathe—Controlling Cars

- Claire Morissette 

PART III. PLANNING THE CITY 

Solidarity Architecture and Social Urbanism

- Christelle Proulx Cormier and Ron Rayside 

The Reconstruction of Montreal’s Chabanel District

- Mostafa Henaway and Norma Rantisi 

PART IV. THE ECONOMY AND THE CITY

The City as Sweatshop

- Mostafa Henaway 

The Social Economy and the City

- Jason Prince 

PART V. HOUSING THE CITY 

Municipal Government: Ally or Adversary of Montreal’s Co-operative Housing Sector?

- Jacob Ryan 

Community Housing: Leveraging Our Collective Assets

- Jean-Pierre Racette 

How to Fight Your Landlord: Gentrification and Tenant Organizing in Montreal

- Jon Milton 

PART VI. GOVERNING THE CITY 

Power and City Hall 

- Linda Gyulai 

Consultation, Participation, or Power: What’s in It and for Whom? 

- Eric Shragge 

PART VII. SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE CITY 

Contesting Racism: Challenging Policing in Montreal, An Interview 

- Robyn Maynard 

Whose City? Claiming Justice for Indigenous Peoples

- Christopher Curtis 

Pushing Municipal Boundaries: Experiences of Montreal’s Immigrant Workers Centre 

- Cheolki Yoon 

PART VIII. UPPITY 'HOODS AND THE CITY 

Milton Parc: Grabbing and Keeping Community Control

- Nathan McDonnell 

Pointe-Saint-Charles: Legacies and Continuity

- Jocelyne Bernier and Cédric Glorioso-Deraiche 

Montréal-Nord: Community Power Catalyzed by Hoodstock

- Rushdia Mehreen, Mzwandile Poncana, and Will Prosper 

Final Word: Prenons la ville!

- Mostafa Henaway, Jason Prince, and Eric Shragge

 352 pages; 2021; 6x9

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