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Over the last decade, numerous studies have emerged that attempt to articulate the linksbetween economic development, social inclusion and democratic politics at the level ofthe city-region. One very significant set of articles comprised the Debate on City-Regionsin this journal in 2007, propounding the arguments for an interpretation of the politicsof city-regions as necessarily involving tensions between economic development andsocial inclusion, and requiring empirical investigation to determine the precise patternsof interrelations between wealth creation, social reproduction, democratization andcitizenship. This article addresses these issues in the context of a study of the city-regionof Ottawa, Canada. It examines the public policies put in place to promote the regionaleconomy and build the structure of the city-region, the role of actors in buildinginstitutional infrastructure to support the regional economy and address socialexclusions, and also the development of associative modes of governance at differentscales within the city-region. The article ascertains how the politics of the Ottawacity-region succeed, or do not succeed, in bringing together economic development andsocial inclusion.
