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Resource Communities in a Globalizing Region: Development, Agency, and Contestation in Northern British Columbia

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Review Resource Communities in a Globalizing Region provides an important framework for approaching the closely interconnected contemporary and historical problems associated with primary resource extraction in hinterland regions … Resource Communities should be required reading for policy-makers, businesspeople, and academics involved in or studying the diversity of issues associatedd with industrial development in northern British Columbia. -- Hereward Longley, University of Alberta ― BC StudiesCanada’s heavy reliance on resource development makes this book essential reading for anyone interested in a highly informed and insightful analysis of the consequences of resource-led export strategies and what they mean for the future of resource communities in both BC and Canada. -- Marjorie Griffin Cohen, economist and professor, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser UniversityThis examination of the “new” globalization’s impact on northern British Columbia will help people with a range of interests and concerns better understand what is happening in the north of the province. -- Chris Southcott, professor of sociology, Lakehead UniversityFrontier economies are the storm centres of the modern global economy, subject to intense resource booms, chronic price instability, and the high costs of short-termism …This book sets out to answer the question, is there a better path for development? The volume makes a valuable and original interdisciplinary contribution to a domain we are struggling to know more about, particularly the pivotal role of First Nations, the strategies of governments, the complexity of market dynamics, the critical role of communities, and the emergence of new actors. This book is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise gloomy global era. -- Daniel Drache, author of Defiant Publics: The Unprecedented Reach of the Global CitizenA path-breaking book that will stimulate research into other resource-dependent regions, in Canada and elsewhere. It comprehensively presents not only the challenges confronted by northern regions in the face of contemporary globalization but also the historical context in which these regional-global encounters are taking place. -- Stephen McBride, Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Globalization, McMaster University Product Description Northern British Columbia has always played an important role in Canada’s economy, but for many Canadians it has existed as an almost forgotten place: a vast territory where only a few roads and a ferry system connected small cities, towns, and villages to the outside world. Now as the appetite for natural resources intensifies, this resource-rich and geographically important region is being pulled onto national and global economic stages. This timely volume examines the connections between local development and global forces, and how governments, Aboriginal peoples, organized labour, NGOs, and the private sector are adapting to, resisting, and embracing change. Review "Canada's heavy reliance on resource development makes this book essential reading for anyone interested in a highly informed and insightful analysis of the consequences of resource-led export strategies and what they mean for the future of resource communities in both BC and Canada."―Marjorie Griffin Cohen, economist and professor, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University"This examination of the 'new' globalization's impact on northern British Columbia will help people with a range of interests and concerns better understand what is happening in the north of the province."―Chris Southcott, professor of sociology, Lakehead University"A path-breaking book that will stimulate research into other resource-dependent regions, in Canada and elsewhere. It comprehensively presents not only the challenges confronted by northern regions in the face of contemporary globalization but also the historical context in which these regional-global encounters

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Autorius: Paul Bowles
Leidėjas: UBC Press
Išleidimo metai: 2016
Knygos puslapių skaičius: 332
ISBN-13: 9780774830942
Formatas: 6 x 1 x 8.9 inches. Knyga minkštu viršeliu
Kalba: Anglų

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