10 Municipal Approaches to Poverty Reduction in British Columbia A Comparison of New Westminster and Abbotsford

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Small, Cities, Big Issues 1
5. Part I Displacement, Isolation, and the Other
6. 1. Homelessness in Small Cities: The Abdication of Federal Responsibility 21
7. 2 Zoned Out Regulating Street Sex Work in Kamloops, British Columbia 53
8. 3 Needles in Nanaimo Exclusionary Versus Inclusionary Approaches to Illicit Drug Users 75
9. 4 Being Queer in the Small City 105
10. 5 “Thrown Out into the Community” The Closure of Tranquille 125
11. 6 Fitting In Women Parolees in the Small City 147
12. 7 Walking in Two Worlds Aboriginal Peoples in the Small City 167
13. Part II Building Community
14. 8. Social Planning and the Dynamics of Small-City Government 191
15. 9 The Inadequacies of Multiculturalism Reflections on Immigrant Settlement, Identity Negotiation, and Community in a Small City 213
16. 10 Municipal Approaches to Poverty Reduction in British Columbia A Comparison of New Westminster and Abbotsford 235
17. 11 Integrated Action and Community Empowerment Building Relationships of Solidarity in Magog, Québec 275
18. 12 Small City, Large Town? Reflections on Neoliberalism in the United Kingdom 295
19. Conclusion The Way Forward 323
20. Contributors 331