Small cities, big issues : reconceiving community in a neoliberal era / edited by Christopher Walmsley and Terry Kading.

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"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 affordable ho...

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Main Authors: Kading, Terry, 1962- (Author, Editor)
Walmsley, Christopher, 1949- (Author, Editor)
Language:English
Published: Edmonton, AB : AU Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Small cities > Canada > Case studies.
Sociology, Urban > Canada > Case studies.
Canada > Social conditions > Case studies.
Small cities.
Social conditions.
Sociology, Urban.
Canada.
Kleinstadt.
Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:ix, 334 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Issued also in electronic format.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Homelessness in small cities: the abdication of federal responsibility / Terry Kadling 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 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
  • Conclusion : the way forward.