{"product_id":"some-great-idea-edward-keenan-9781552452660","title":"Some Great Idea: Good Neighbourhoods, Crazy Politics and the Invention of Toronto","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 2010 Toronto's headlines have been consumed by the outrageous personal foibles and government-slashing, anti-urbanist policies of Mayor Rob Ford. But the heated debate at City Hall has obscured a bigger, decade-long narrative of Toronto's ascending as a mature global city. It raises questions: What role does a mayor play in a city's temperament and self-confidence? Can a terrible mayor make a city better by forcing its citizens to engage? What place is there in our new decentralized, global, open-source world for an autocrat?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Keenan\u003c\/b\u003e serves as senior editor and lead columnist at \u003ci\u003eThe Grid\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in Toronto, Ontario. An eight-time finalist at the National Magazine Awards, he has written for and edited at \u003ci\u003eEye Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpacing\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and \u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Keenan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552452662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552452660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.09h x 5.08w x 0.42d","brand":"Edward Keenan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659473039615,"sku":"9781552452660","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/some-great-idea-edward-keenan-9781552452660","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}