Writing Off the Rural West Globalization, Governments and the Transformation of Rural Communities

ContentsI: Globalization, Government and Agriculture1. Post-Crow Farming in Manitoba:An Analysis of the Wheat and Hog SectorsDoug Ramsey and John C. Everitt2. Corporate Hog Farming:The View from the Family FarmDarrin Qualman3. Bad to the Bone: The Social Costs of Beef-Packing_s Move to Rural AlbertaMichael Broadway4. Global Investment and Local Politics:The Case of LethbridgeWilliam Ramp and Mustafa Koc5. De-prioritizing Agriculture:Lessons from New BrunswickSusan Machum6. Globalization, Neo-Liberalism, and Rural Decline: Australia and CanadaGeoffrey Lawrence, Murray Knuttila, and Ian GrayII: Resource Towns and Recreation1. Northland:The Past, Present, and Future of Northern British Columbia in an Age of GlobalizationKen Coates2. Blind Spots in the Rearview Mirrors:Livelihood and the Cheviot DebateIan Urquhart3. Nature as Playground: Recreation and Gentrification in the Mountain WestDave Whitson4. The Disappearance of the Open West: Individualism in the Midst of Agricultural RestructuringLorelei Hanson5. The Politics of Development on theSunshine CoastBruce MilneIII: Defending Real Rural Communities1. Uneasy Neighbours: White_AboriginalRelations and Agricultural DeclineMurray Mandryk2. Overcoming Cultural and Spiritual Obstacles to Rural RevitalizationCameron Harder3. Work, Knowledge, and the Direction ofFarm LifeBob Stirling4. A Good Place to Grow Old?Rural Communities and Support to SeniorsNorah Keating, Janice Keefe and Bonnie Dobbs5. The Rancher and the Regulators: PublicChallenges to Sour-Gas Industry Regulation in Alberta, 1970_1994Arn Keeling6. The Political De-skilling of Rural CommunitiesRoger EppAfterword: Rewriting the Rural WestNettie WiebeEpp, Roger Ivan is the author of 'Writing Off the Rural West Globalization, Governments and the Transformation of Rural Communities', published 2001 under ISBN 9780888643780 and ISBN 0888643780.