Transformation of Resource Towns and Peripheries

Greg Halseth is a Professor in the Geography Program at the University of Northern British Columbia, where he is also the Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies and Co-Director of UNBC’s Community Development Institute, Canada.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Introduction – Political Economy Perspectives on the Transformation of Resource Towns and PeripheriesGreg HalsethSection 1: Global-local Perspectives on Restructuring Introduction: Geography and History MatterRoger Hayter 2 Australia – Trap or opportunity? Natural resource dependence, scale, and the evolution of new economies in the space/time of New South Wales’ Northern TablelandsNeil Argent3 British Columbia – Localization AND globalization: Industrial re-organization in Mackenzie, British ColumbiaGreg Halseth, Laura Ryser, and Sean Markey4 Finland – Global – local links and industrial restructuring in a resource town in Finland: The case of LieksaMarkku Tykkyläinen, Eero Vatanen, Maija Halonen, and Juha Kotilainen5 New Zealand – Restructuring of the New Zealand economy: Global-local links and evidence from the West Coast and Southland regionsSean Connelly and Etienne NelSection 2: Labour and Employment Perspectives on Restructuring Introduction: Jobs and Labour Power Under ThreatRoger Hayter 6 Australia – Labour/capital relations and sustainable development in the NSW Northern TablelandsNeil Argent7 British Columbia – Contentious flexibility: Job losses in labour restructuring in Mackenzie, BCGreg Halseth, Laura Ryser, and Sean Markey8 Finland – Industrial labour in a resource town in Finland: The case of LieksaMaija Halonen, Eero Vatanen, Markku Tykkyläinen, and Juha Kotilainen9 New Zealand – Employment and labour in New Zeal