The rapidly changing nature of life in Canadian rural communities
is
more than a simple response to economic conditions. People living
in
rural places are part of a new social agenda characterized by
transformation of livelihoods, landscapes, and social relations
-
these profound changes invite us to reconsider the meanings
of
community, culture, and citizenship.
"Social Transformation in Rural Canada" presents the work of
researchers from a variety of fields who explore the dynamics of
social
transformation in rural settlements, looking at them not simply
as
places affected by external forces, but as incubators of change
and
social units with agency and purpose.
In a break with a common approach to this issue, the authors
pay
attention to such factors as local forms of action, adaptation,
identity, and imagination in examining the ways in which rural life
in
Canada - including within Aboriginal communities - is
changing. Mobility, leadership, and the arts are among the issues
that
figure in these stories of transformation, and many open a window
onto
parts of rural Canada that are providing exemplary models for
other
communities. The book's case studies, drawn from various
regions
of Canada including the far North, present a rich and diverse
portrait
of a country undergoing tremendous change that affects people from
all
walks of life.John R. Parkins is an associate professor in
the
Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at
the
University of Alberta. Maureen G. Reed is a professor
in the School of Environment and Sustainability and the Department
of
Geography and Planning at the University of Saskatchewan.
Contributors: Marilyn Baptiste, Darin Barney,
Jonaki Bhattacharyya, Ryan Bullock, Christopher Bryant, Ken J.
Caine,
Emily Jane Davis, Nancy Duxbury, Greg Halseth, Lorelei L. Hanson,
Carol-Anne Hudson, Belinda Leach, Don Manson, Martha MacDonald,
Catherine Murray, Ross Nelson, Howard Ramos, Bill Reimer, Laura
Ryser,
Ruth Wells Sandwell, David Setah, Peter Sinclair, Chris Southcott,
Mark
C.J. Stoddart, Deatra Walsh, Roger William, Yoko Yoshida, and
Nathan
Young
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