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My current work focuses on the politics of urban and metropolitan growth and in particular on contemporary and historical efforts to create new capacities to make politics in response to urbanization in the United States and Canada. In addition, I focus on urban and regional planning as public policy. In this realm, I am preparing an in-depth analysis of the Ontario government’s Growth Plan for the Toronto region. Finally, I am interested in political and electoral geography. In particular, I am using GIS-based techniques to analyze the determinants of turnout and candidate support on Canadian municipal elections.


Research Interests & Work in Progress

  • Urban politics, local, government, and urban public policy
  • Metropolitan and regional planning and governance
  • Comparative politics and political economy
  • Policy and planning history
  • Federalism, multi-level governance, and intergovernmental relations
  • Political and electoral geography

Teaching Interests & Responsibilities

  • CIT-B04 City Politics
  • CIT-C12 Local Government and Management
  • CIT-C15 Municipal Finance
  • CIT-C16 Regional Planning and Governance

Affiliations

  • Canadian Political Science Association
  • American Political Science Associaton
  • Member, Canadian Institute of Planners
  • Registered Professional Planner (Ontario)

Awards & Grants

  • 2007–10 SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship, Joseph-Armand Bombardier Doctoral Award, and Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
  • 2009–10 Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance, Institute for Municipal Finance and Governance, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
  • 2010–11 Clarence Stone Scholar, Urban Politics Section, American Political Science Association
  • 2010 Award of Excellence, Planning Publications. Canadian Institute of Planners.

Publications

  • Taylor, Zack. In press. “Magnuisson’s Challemge: Can Political Science Learn to ‘See Like a City’?” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
  • Taylor, Zack. Forthcoming. “Rethinking Planning Culture: A New Institutionalist Approach.” Town Planning Review.
  • Taylor, Zack. Forthcoming. “If Different Then Why? Explaining the Divergent Political Development of Canadian and American Local Government.” International Journal of Canadian Studies.
  • Taylor, Zack and Gabriel Eidelman. 2010. “Canadian Political Science and the City: A Limited Engagement,” Canadian Journal of Political Science 43(4), pp. 961–81.
  • Taylor, Zack and Gabriel Eidelman. 2010. “Canadian Urban Politics: Another ‘Black Hole’?” Journal of Urban Affairs 32(3), pp. 305–20.
  • Taylor, Zack and Marcy Burchfield. 2010. Growing Cities: Comparing Urban Growth Patterns and Regional Growth Policies in Calgary, Toronto, and Vancouver. Neptis Foundation.
  • Taylor, Zack with John van Nostrand. 2008. Shaping the Toronto Region: Past, Present, and Future. Neptis Foundation.