Beschreibung:
The rapidly changing nature of life in Canadian rural communities ismore than a simple response to economic conditions. People living inrural places are part of a new social agenda characterized bytransformation of livelihoods, landscapes, and social relations, inviting us to reconsider the meanings of community, culture, andcitizenship. This volume presents the work of researchers from avariety of fields who explore social transformation in ruralsettlements across the country. The essays collectively generate anuanced portrait of how local forms of action, adaptation, identity, and imagination are reshaping aboriginal and non-aboriginalcommunities in rural Canada.
Introduction: Toward a Transformative Understanding of Rural Social Change / John R. Parkins and Maureen G. Reed