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 Zealand: Recent trends and reflections on developments in the West Coast and Southland regionsSean Connelly and Etienne NelSection 3: Community ImplicationsIntroduction: "Whatever you can do at Ocean Falls you can do better somewhere else"Roger Hayter 10 Australia – Community Development in an Age of Mounting Uncertainty: Armidale, AustraliaTony Sorensen 11 British Columbia – Building for the future: Community responses to economic restructuring in Mackenzie, BCGreg Halseth, Laura Ryser, and Sean Markey12 Finland – Resource town transitions in Finland: Local impacts and policy responses in LieksaJuha Kotilainen, Maija Halonen, Eero Vatanen, and Markku Tykkyläinen13 New Zealand – Community Responses to RestructuringSean Connelly and Etienne Nel14 Rural Restructuring – Conclusion Sean Markey and Greg Halseth