Small cities, big issues : reconceiving community in a neoliberal era /

"Small Canadian cities confront serious social issues as a result of the neoliberal economic restructuring practiced by both federal and provincial governments since the 1980s. Drastic spending reductions and ongoing restraint in social assistance, income supports, and the provision of affordab...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Walmsley, Christopher, 1949- (Editor ), Kading, Terry, 1962- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edmonton, AB : AU Press, [2018]
Temas:
Small cities > Canada.
Sociology, Urban > Canada.
Petites villes > Canada.
Sociologie urbaine > Canada.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Small cities
Social conditions
Sociology, Urban
Canada > Social conditions.
Canada > Conditions sociales.
Canada
BC
social issues
prostitution
mental health
nimbyism
accommodation
neoliberalism
British Columbia
homelessness
Indigenous peoples
Electronic books.
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Homelessness in small cities : the abdication of federal responsibility / Terry Kading and Christopher Walmsley
  • Zoned out : regulating street sex work in Kamloops, British Columbia / Lorry-Ann Austin
  • Needles in Nanaimo : exclusionary versus inclusionary approaches to illicit drug users / Sydney Weaver
  • Being queer in the small city / Wendy Hulko
  • "Thrown out into the community" : the closure of Tranquille / Diane Purvey
  • Fitting in : women parolees in the small city / Jennifer Murphy
  • Walking in two worlds : aboriginal peoples in the small city / Sharnelle Matthew and Kathie McKinnon
  • Social planning and the dynamics of small-city government / Christopher Walmsley and Terry Kading
  • The inadequacies of multiculturalism : reflections on immigrant settlement, identity negotiation, and community in a small city / Mónica J. Sánchez-Flores
  • Municipal approaches to poverty reduction in British Columbia : a comparison of New Westminster and Abbotsford / Robert Harding and Paul Jenkinson
  • Integrated action and community empowerment : building relationships of solidarity in Magog, Québec / Jacques Caillouette
  • Small city, large town? reflections on neoliberalism in the United Kingdom / Graham Day.

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