Bifurcation of a rural-urban regional partnership: a study of hidden dynamics

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dc.contributor.authorNicol, Lorraine A.
dc.contributor.authorNicol, Christopher J.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-19T18:15:49Z
dc.date.available2019-12-19T18:15:49Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionOpen access articleen_US
dc.description.abstractRegion-based solutions present a promising avenue to addressing contemporary challenges facing municipalities. But regional formations require the messy reworking of networks of power among multiple stakeholders, often leading to power struggles. Challenges can be compounded when a rural-urban dimension is added to such an undertaking. This study examined the hidden power dynamics of a case involving 18 rural and urban municipalities in the Calgary region of Alberta called the Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP). In 2005 these municipalities voluntarily embarked on a major city-region initiative involving land-use planning and water sharing. However, by 2009 four rural municipalities had left the CRP, bifurcating the partnership along rural and urban lines. The dynamics of this case were traced through time and viewed through the lens of Foucault’s concepts of discourse and mechanisms of exclusion as well as Hajer’s concepts of metaphors, story-lines and discourse coalitions. The study demonstrates how mechanisms of exclusion led to the creation of dominant discourses, the formation of coalitions around counter-discourses, and the eventual disintegration of the rural-urban dimension of the partnership.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationNicol, L. A., & Nicol, C. J. (2015). Birfurcation of a rural-urban regional partnership: A study of hidden dynamics. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 10(4), 107-124.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5644
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherRural Development Institute, Brandon Universityen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectWateren_US
dc.subjectRegionalismen_US
dc.subjectFoucaulten_US
dc.subjectHajeren_US
dc.subjectDiscourseen_US
dc.subjectPoweren_US
dc.subjectCalgary Regional Partnership
dc.subjectWater sharing
dc.subjectRural-urban
dc.subject.lcshRural-urban relations--Alberta--Case studies
dc.subject.lcshWater supply--Alberta
dc.subject.lcshLand use--Planning--Alberta
dc.titleBifurcation of a rural-urban regional partnership: a study of hidden dynamicsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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