| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 334 pages) : maps |
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text file |
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desLibris. Books collection.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Part I Displacement, isolation, and the other -- Part II Building community. |
| Summary |
"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. 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."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Form |
Issued also in printed form. |
| Access |
EPUB: Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. CaOONL |
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PDF: Unrestricted online access. Unrestricted online access. CaOONL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Small cities -- Canada -- Case studies.
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Small cities. |
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Canada. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Sociology, Urban -- Canada -- Case studies.
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Sociology, Urban. |
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Canada -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
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Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Kading, Terry, 1962- author, editor.
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Walmsley, Christopher, 1949- author, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Small cities, big issues.: Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, 2018 (CaOONL)20169072215 |
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Print version: Small cities, big issues. Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, 2018 9781771991636 1771991631 (OCoLC)1035218288 |
| ISBN |
9781771991643 (electronic book) |
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177199164X (electronic book) |
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9781771991650 |
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1771991658 |
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9781771991667 |
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1771991666 |
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9781771991636 |
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1771991631 |
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1771991658 |
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