Small Cities, Big Issues: Reconceiving Community in a Neoliberal Era

• Main Author: Edited by Christopher Walmsley and Terry Kading (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Athabasca University Press 2018
• Subjects: BC; social issues; prostitution; mental health; nimbyism; accommodation; neoliberalism; British Columbia; homelessness; Indigenous peoples
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 hou...