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Book SynopsisThis book explores how the peoples and communities of northern British Columbia are responding to global demand for local resources.
Trade ReviewResource 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 Studies *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Globalization in a Northern, Resource-Based Region / Gary N. Wilson and Paul Bowles
1 “Globalizing” Northern British Columbia: What’s in Word? / Paul Bowles
2 Northern British Columbia: What’s in a Place? / John F. Young
3 Development, Province Building, and Globalization in Northern British Columbia / Ken Coates and John F. Young
4 Globalization and the Transformation of Aboriginal Society: The Tsimshian Encounter / Jim McDonald
5 Globalization and Multilevel Governance in Northern British Columbia: Opportunities and Challenges / Tracy Summerville and Gary N. Wilson
6 Development and Reconciliation: A New Relationship or Benevolent Colonialism? / Jim McDonald
7 Neoliberalism’s Traction: An Analysis of Local Economic Development Officers’ Views in Northern British Columbia / Paul Bowles
8 China and the Northern British Columbia Forest Products’ Sector: Whose Saviour? / Paul Bowles and Fiona MacPhail
9 Mining and Energy in Northern British Columbia: Employment, Community, and Inclusion / Fiona MacPhail and Paul Bowles
10 Pipelines and Protest: Enbridge and After / Paul Bowles and Henry Veltmeyer
Conclusion: Which Direction for Northern British Columbia? / Paul Bowles and Gary N. Wilson
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