MONTREAL AFTER DRAPEAU

By Jean-Francois Leonard and Jacques Leveillee

Introduction by Dimitrios Roussopoulos

Two leaders, two political parties, square off. What kind of leadership will be imposed on City Hall? Will Montreal have a new king of a new regent? A new prince or a bureaucrat? A changing of the guard or a new regime? An era of liberal democracy or a new form of corporatism? To answer these and related questions, the authors present the reader with essential background information.

Both the Civic Party of Claude Dupras and the Montreal Citizen’s Movement of Jean Dore are thoroughly analyzed. But equally important, the recent history of Montreal is assessed as the city faces the urban crisis. What emerges is a lucid examination of the nature of Montreal’s power structure and its economic development, the distribution of power between City Hall and citizen’s associations, and important quality of life issues.

Dr. Jean-Francois Leonard teaches political science at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal and specializes in public planning.

Dr. Jacques Leveillee teaches political science at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal and specializes in municipal politics.

Table of Contents

Introduction Think Globally, Act Locally by Dimitrios I. Roussopoulos

Preface  “Tomorrow Morning, Montreal is waiting for me”

Chapter 1  Governing Montreal

Chapter 2  The City Hall of Drapeau-Lamarre

Chapter 3  The Performance of the M.C.M In Opposition

Chapter 4  Metropolitan Montreal, 1982-1986

Chapter 5  The Decline of the Montreal Empire?

Chapter 6  Democracy in Montreal: The Civic Party’s Version and the Promises of the M.C.M.

Chapter 7  Conclusion: Change or Continuity?