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Based on years of
practical experience in small towns, Carrel argues
for municipal autonomy--for turning what are now
"colonies" of the federal and provincial orders of
government into independent, mature, and fully
democratic entities. For Carrel, the citizen is the
sole legitimate source of political power, and the
best tool for citizen empowerment is the
controversial tool of the referendum.
This is the story of how a small municipality broke
the rules of local government. It also recounts the
author's irreverence for the status quo and his
ideas on the rebuilding of citizenship at the
community level.
André Carrel sees himself as a
grass-roots academic. He has thirty years
experience as a Chief Executive Officer in rural
communities and has worked in Africa, and with
First Nations band councils in B.C.
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