LEADER 04492nam 2200625 450 001 9910346036503321 005 20210212 010 $a1-77199-164-X 010 $a1-77199-165-8 024 7 $aheb40027 035 $a(CKB)4100000005599062 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5475917 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/59469 035 $a(dli)heb40027.0001.001 035 $a(MiU)MIU400270001001 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/zq5pms 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005599062 100 $a20180903d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aSmall cities, big issues $ereconceiving community in a neoliberal era /$fedited by Christopher Walmsley and Terry Kading 210 $cAthabasca University Press$d2018 210 1$aEdmonton, Alberta :$cAU Press,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (242 pages) 311 $a1-77199-163-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aHomelessness 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 / Mâonica J. Sâanchez-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, Quâebec / Jacques Caillouette -- Small city, large town? Reflections on neoliberalism in the United Kingdom / Graham Day -- Conclusion : the way forward. 330 $aSmall 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. No matter the process and results of the proposed solutions, what the contributors uncovered were distinctive attributes of the small city as it struggles to confront increasingly complex social issues. If local governments accept a social agenda as part of its responsibilities, the contributors to Small Cities, Big Issues believe that small cities can succeed in reconceiving community based on the ideals of acceptance, accommodation, and inclusion. 606 $aSociology, Urban$zCanada 607 $aCanada$xSocial conditions$vCase studies 610 $aBC 610 $asocial issues 610 $aprostitution 610 $amental health 610 $animbyism 610 $aaccommodation 610 $aneoliberalism 610 $aBritish Columbia 610 $ahomelessness 610 $aIndigenous peoples 615 0$aSociology, Urban 676 $a307.760971 700 $aEdited by Christopher Walmsley and Terry Kading$4auth$01348118 702 $aWalmsley$b Christopher 702 $aKading$b Terry 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910346036503321 996 $aSmall cities, big issues$93085180 997 $aUNINA