Social Transformation in Rural Canada: Community, Cultures, and Collective Action - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774823801 ISBN 13: 9780774823807

Publisher: UBC Press, 2012

Synopsis

The rapidly changing nature of life in Canadian rural communities is more than a simple response to economic conditions. People living in rural places are part of a new social agenda characterized by transformation of livelihoods, landscapes, and social relations – these profound changes invite us to reconsider the meanings of community, culture, and citizenship.

Social Transformation in Rural Canada presents the work of researchers from a variety of fields who explore the dynamics of social transformation in rural settlements across several regions and sectors of the Canadian landscape. This volume provides a nuanced portrait of how local forms of action, adaptation, identity, and imagination are reshaping aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities in rural Canada. Unlike many previous studies, this work looks at rural communities not simply as places affected by external forces, but as incubators of change and social units with agency and purpose, many of which provide exemplary models for other communities facing challenges of transition.

About this title

About the Author

John R. Parkins is an associate professor in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at the University of Alberta. Maureen G. Reed is a professor in the School of Environment and Sustainability and the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Saskatchewan.

Contributors: Marilyn Baptiste, Darin Barney, Jonaki Bhattacharyya, Ryan Bullock, Christopher Bryant, Ken J. Caine, Emily Jane Davis, Nancy Duxbury, Greg Halseth, Lorelei L. Hanson, Carol-Anne Hudson, Belinda Leach, Don Manson, Martha MacDonald, Catherine Murray, Ross Nelson, Howard Ramos, Bill Reimer, Laura Ryser, Ruth Wells Sandwell, David Setah, Peter Sinclair, Chris Southcott, Mark C.J. Stoddart, Deatra Walsh, Roger William, Yoko Yoshida, and Nathan Young

From the Back Cover

The rapidly changing nature of life in Canadian rural communities is
more than a simple response to economic conditions. People living in
rural places are part of a new social agenda characterized by
transformation of livelihoods, landscapes, and social relations,
inviting us to reconsider the meanings of community, culture, and
citizenship. This volume presents the work of researchers from a
variety of fields who explore social transformation in rural
settlements across the country. The essays collectively generate a
nuanced portrait of how local forms of action, adaptation, identity,
and imagination are reshaping aboriginal and non-aboriginal
communities in rural Canada.

From the Inside Flap

The rapidly changing nature of life in Canadian rural communities is
more than a simple response to economic conditions. People living in
rural places are part of a new social agenda characterized by
transformation of livelihoods, landscapes, and social relations,
inviting us to reconsider the meanings of community, culture, and
citizenship. This volume presents the work of researchers from a
variety of fields who explore social transformation in rural
settlements across the country. The essays collectively generate a
nuanced portrait of how local forms of action, adaptation, identity,
and imagination are reshaping aboriginal and non-aboriginal
communities in rural Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774823801
• ISBN 13: 9780774823807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 428
• Editor: Parkins John R., Reed Maureen G.