Writing off the rural West
Subtitle: globalization, governments and the transformation of rural communities
By: edited by Roger Epp and Dave Whitson.
Contributors: Epp, Roger.; Whitson, David, 1945-; Parkland Institute.
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Edmonton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Rural industries -- Canada; Globalization; Industrie rurale -- Canada; Mondialisation; Canada -- Rural conditions; Canada -- Conditions rurales
Description: "Writing Off the Rural West looks at the changes unfolding in the Canadian countryside. When commentators on the national stage question the continuing viability of our rural communities - centres that were lauded for their contributions only a few years ago - they reveal not only a profound lack of understanding, but a crisis of faith in these places and the people who call them home.

This collection reveals the situation in rural Canada in a new light; but more than that, it shows us that the ability to renew our rural communities remains within our grasp if we have the will to do so."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Copublished by: Parkland Institute.
Table of contents: title: Post-Crow farming in Manitoba : an analysis of the wheat and hog sectors / Doug Ramsey and John C. Everitt; title: Corporate hog farming : the view from the family farm / Darrin Qualman; title: Bad to the bone : the social costs of beef packing's move to rural Alberta / Michael J. Broadway; title: Global investment and local politics : the case of Lethbridge / William Ramp and Mustafa Koc; title: De-prioritizing agriculture : lessons from New Brunswick / Susan Machum; title: Globalization, neo-liberalism, and rural decline : Australia and Canada / Geoffrey Lawrence, Murray Knuttila, and Ian Gray; title: Northland : the past, present, and future of Northern British Columbia in the age of globalization / Ken Coates; title: Blind spots in the rearview mirrors : livelihood and the Cheviot debate / Ian Urquhart; title: Nature as playground : recreation and gentrification in the mountain West / Dave Whitson; title: The disappearance of the open West : individualism in the midst of agricultural restructuring / Lorelei L. Hanson; title: The politics of development on the Sunshine Coast / Bruce Milne; title: Uneasy neighbours : white-aboriginal relations and agricultural decline / Murray Mandryk; title: Overcoming cultural and spiritual obstacles to rural revitalization / Cameron Harder; title: Work, knowledge, and the direction of farm life / Bob Stirling; title: A good place to grow old? : rural communities and support to seniors / Norah Keating, Janice Keefe, and Bonnie Dobbs; title: The rancher and the regulators : public challenges to sour-gas industry regulation in Alberta, 1970-1994 / Arn Keeling; title: The political de-skilling of rural communities / Roger Epp.