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Resource Communities in a Globalizing Region

Development, Agency, and Contestation in Northern British Columbia

Distributed for University of British Columbia Press

Resource Communities in a Globalizing Region

Development, Agency, and Contestation in Northern British Columbia

Northern British Columbia has always played an important role in Canada’s economy, but for many Canadians it has existed as an almost forgotten place: a vast territory where only a few roads and a ferry system connected small cities, towns, and villages to the outside world. Now as the appetite for natural resources intensifies, this resource-rich and geographically important region is being pulled onto national and global economic stages. This timely volume examines the connections between local development and global forces, and how governments, Aboriginal peoples, organized labour, NGOs, and the private sector are adapting to, resisting, and embracing change.

332 pages | © 2016

Political Science: American Government and Politics


Table of Contents

Introduction: 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

Index

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