Writing Off the Rural West

by Epp, Roger; Whitson, David; Parkland Institute

• ISBN13: 9780888643780
• ISBN10: 0888643780
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Alberta Pr

Summary

Some of the most intense effects of globalization can be seen in rural communities. Despite a booming world economy, rural communities-and the people who work in natural-resource industries like farming, forestry, mining or fishing-have been hard hit by recent international trade agreements. This collection looks at changing rural life, across the country and around the globe.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction: Writing Off Rural Communities?	xiii
Roger Epp
Dave Whitson
PART I: GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT AND AGRICULTURE
Post-Crow Farming in Manitoba	3	(18)
An Analysis of the Wheat and Hog Sectors
Doug Ramsey
John C. Everitt
Corporate Hog Farming	21	(18)
The View from the Family Farm
Darrin Qualman
Bad to the Bone	39	(14)
The Social Costs of Beef Packing's Move to Rural Alberta
Michael J. Broadway
Global Investment and Local Politics	53	(18)
The Case of Lethbridge
William Ramp
Mustafa Koc
De-prioritizing Agriculture	71	(18)
Lessons from New Brunswick
Susan Machum
Globalization, Neo-liberalism, and Rural Decline	89	(20)
Australia and Canada
Geoffrey Lawrence
Murray Knuttila
Ian Gray
PART II: RESOURCE TOWNS AND RECREATION
Northland	109	(18)
The Past, Present, and Future of Northern British Columbia in an Age of Globalization
Ken Coates
Blind Spots in the Rearview Mirrors	127	(18)
Livelihood and the Cheviot Debate
Ian Urquhart
Nature as Playground	145	(20)
Recreation and Gentrification in the Mountain West
Dave Whitson
The Disappearance of the Open West	165	(20)
Individualism in the Midst of Agricultural Restructuring
Lorelei L. Hanson
The Politics of Development on the Sunshine Coast	185	(20)
Bruce Milne
PART III: DEFENDING REAL RURAL COMMUNITIES
Uneasy Neighbours	205	(18)
White-Aboriginal Relations and Agricultural Decline
Murray Mandryk
Overcoming Cultural and Spiritual Obstacles to Rural Revitalization	223	(24)
Cameron Harder
Work, Knowledge, and the Direction of Farm Life	247	(16)
Bob Stirling
A Good Place to Grow Old?	263	(16)
Rural Communities and Support to Seniors
Norah Keating
Janice Keefe
Bonnie Dobbs
The Rancher and the Regulators	279	(22)
Public Challenges to Sour-Gas Industry Regulation in Alberta, 1970-1994
Arn Keeling
The Political De-skilling of Rural Communities	301	(24)
Roger Epp
Afterword: Rewriting the Rural West	325
Nettie Wiebe