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Zack Taylor

@bigcitypolitics.bsky.social

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Professor of political science, public administration, and geography at the University of Western Ontario, Canada @westernuniversity.bsky.social; Editor-in-Chief, Territory, Politics, Governance journal @rsa-tpg.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social .. more

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · 6h

“City Politics in Canada is destined to be a classic. … this volume offers fresh, timely, and incisive observations about the evolution and future of the Canadian urban experiment that will undoubtedly inspire and provoke a new generation of urbanists.” - Jen Nelles, Oxford Brookes University

Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · 6h

“The editors make a compelling case for placing municipalities at the centre of Canadian political science. Like the original, this book will quickly become indispensable to the field.” - Michael McGregor, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · 6h

“In City Politics in Canada, … contributors paint a vivid picture of how the central cities in one of the world’s most urban nations navigated a time of often dizzying change” - John Lorinc, author of The New City @johnlorinc.bsky.social

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · 6h

“City Politics in Canada tells a compelling story about Canadian urbanization. It is essential reading not just about Canadian city politics, but about cities in general.”
- Richardson Dilworth, Drexel University & editor, @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social @richardsondilworth.bsky.social

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · 6h

“This excellent and important book is a thorough, well researched, and fully modern look at the political science of Canada’s biggest core cities. … a long-overdue update to the original that matters well beyond those who study city governments – or run them.” - David Miller, former mayor of Toronto

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · 6h

In this overview of political development in seven large Canadian cities, we illuminate the drivers of continuity and change in urban politics from the early 1980s to the present. Inspired by the 1983 volume (same title) edited by Andrew Sancton and the late Warren Magnusson. We have nice blurbs:

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · 6h

Coming in December from @uoftpress.bsky.social: City Politics in Canada: 40 Years of Continuity and Change, co-edited with Martin Horak (@westernupolisci.bsky.social) and @jacklucas.bsky.social! utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 2d

🎥Pulling back the curtain✨Meet the section heads who are crafting an unforgettable #CPSA_ACSP26 experience-They're ❤️beat of the conference!
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@jplewis.bsky.social @jrobkan.bsky.social @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social @reprojusticemb.bsky.social @lindsaylarios.bsky.social

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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 27d

📣#CPSA_ACSP26 APPEL À PROPOSITIONS
Les politiques de division : conflit, communauté, curriculum
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@jplewis.bsky.social @jrobkan.bsky.social @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social @jfdaoust.bsky.social @reprojusticemb.bsky.social @lindsaylarios.bsky.social @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · Sep 15

Congratulations, Twan!

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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · Aug 21

From Guest Editors @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social @rkeil.bsky.social, we’re delighted to announce the publication of this collection of essays celebrating the late great Warren Magnusson on our website!

www.urbanaffairsreview.com/warren-magnu...

Warren Magnusson Festschrift — Urban Affairs Review

www.urbanaffairsreview.com

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · Aug 21

Rachel Magnusson, Martin Horak, Ross Beveridge, Delacey Tedesco, bill carroll, Andrew Sancton, Theresa Enright, Julie-Anne Boudreau, Engin Isin, Diane Davis, Margaret Kohn

Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thanks to @acuto.bsky.social @bagelwoman.bsky.social
‪@lorenking.org @shawkara.bsky.social @colinmcfarlane.bsky.social @ejmccann.bsky.social

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · Aug 21

We hope this collection will help to reintroduce Warren's work to a new generation of scholars and activists who are interested in city life and its possibilities.

Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · Aug 21

In addition to our introduction, the collection contains 17 contributions from people who knew Warren personally, collaborated with him, and have been influenced by his work.

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · Aug 21

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social and I are proud to announce the release of an @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social collection celebrating the life and work of the late political theorist and scholar of cities Warren Magnusson, who passed away earlier this year. www.urbanaffairsreview.com/walter-magnu...

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Territory, Politics, Governance @rsa-tpg.bsky.social · Jun 15

TPG is looking for a new editorial team member! think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... @regstud.bsky.social @rsablog.bsky.social

Co-Editor needed for Territory, Politics, Governance

think.taylorandfrancis.com

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · May 7

Great to hear @sarahayres.bsky.social welcome us to opening plenary of the @regstud.bsky.social 60th anniversary conference in Porto. Over 800 in attendance from 50+ countries.

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · May 6

Excited to be at the @regstud.bsky.social annual meeting in beautiful Porto!

Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · Apr 29

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · Apr 29

This extends our OA paper "The Development of the Urban-Rural Cleavage in Anglo-American Democracies" published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social last year. We found that the urban-rural divide is bigger in the US and the UK than it is in Canada. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Lawrence McKay @lawrencemckay.bsky.social · Apr 29

Out now (OA) in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. Do people in rural areas want politicians offering stronger representation to rural areas - as opposed to just their local area? Yes - based an original conjoint experiment in the UK (1/5)

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Alan Kinder @rsachiefexec.bsky.social · Apr 9

Happy birthday @regstud.bsky.social - and here's to the next six decades!!

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · Apr 9

🎂 Happy 60th Birthday to us!🎂
Over the past six decades, the RSA has grown to become the leading voice in regional studies, promoting collaboration among our members and the wider community across the world. Read more at www.regionalstudies.org/news/today-the-rsa-is-60/

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Sarah Ayres @sarahayres.bsky.social · Apr 9

Today is the @regstud.bsky.social 60th 🎈birthday. It's a privilege to be Chair of the Association in its 60th year. The Association’s success is testament to the hard work of its staff team, members and dedicated volunteers. I salute you all 💙 👏.
www.regionalstudies.org/news/today-t...

Today is the RSA’s 60 birthday! - RSA Main

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Regional Studies Association (RSA). On April 9th, 1965, the RSA was founded at a meeting held at the London School of Economics in the UK. Over the past six dec...

www.regionalstudies.org

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Jonathan Rose @jonathanrose.bsky.social · Apr 4

Sad news at Queen’s Political Studies. My message to colleagues includes the link to the John Meisel lecture series including a short video about him: www.queensu.ca/politics/eve...

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Apr 3

6/6 🧵In @thejop.bsky.social @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social & Armstrong study elite conflict using councilors' roll-call votes. Original dataset over many terms in Chicago & Toronto. Against a pluralist expectation, councilors’ conflict is low-dimensional but durable across terms doi.org/pfvb

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Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · Mar 31

Congratulations, Sebastián! It's a fantastic paper.

Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · Mar 31

Super glad to finally see this out! We will post updated results through the end of the most recent council terms in a blog post soon.

Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social · Mar 16

"Political Divisions in Large Cities: The Socio-Spatial Basis of Legislative Behavior in Chicago and Toronto" by Zack Taylor and David A. Armstrong II. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Sophie Borwein @sborwein.bsky.social · Mar 22

Happy to have our new paper out in EJPR (with @jacklucas.bsky.social, Tyler Romualdi, Zack Taylor, Dave Armstrong and Katie McCoy). Has Canadian urban-rural *policy* disagreement widened since the 1990s? We find little evidence it has.👇 for more.

Jack Lucas @jacklucas.bsky.social · Mar 22

New paper on urban-rural policy divides. We use 456 unique issue questions from 1993-present to show (1) large & persistent urban-rural issue divides, (2) especially large divides in cultural policy, and (3) no evidence that divides have grown over time. ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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