Small Cities, Big Issues Reconceiving Community in a Neoliberal Era

Walmsley, Christopher

ISBN 10: 1771991631 / ISBN 13: 9781771991636

Published by Athabasca University Press, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Small Cities, Big Issues Reconceiving Community in a Neoliberal Era
• Publisher: Athabasca University Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1771991631
• ISBN 13: 9781771991636
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

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 housing, combined with the offloading of social responsibilities onto municipalities, has contributed to the generalization of social issues once chiefly associated with Canada's largest urban centres. As the investigations in this volume illustrate, while some communities responded to these issues with inclusionary and progressive actions others were more exclusionary and reactive―revealing forms of discrimination, exclusion, and "othering" in the implementation of practices and policies. Importantly, however, their investigations reveal a broad range of responses to the social issues they face, and the distinctive attributes of the small city as it struggles to confront increasingly complex social issues.

About the Author

Christopher Walmsley is professor emeritus at Thompson Rivers University, the author of Protecting Aboriginal Children, and coeditor of Child and Family Welfare in British Columbia: A History. Terry Kading is associate professor of political science at Thompson Rivers University where he teaches courses in Canadian politics, comparative politics, and local government.