Second Growth

A look at historical and contemporary restructuring, linking development of rural communities with resource development and Aboriginal marginalization.

A look at historical and contemporary restructuring, linking development of rural communities with resource development and Aboriginal marginalization.

Sean Markey, John Pierce, Kelly Vodden, and Mark Roseland are members of the Centre for Sustainable Community Development at Simon Fraser University.

Andrew Molloy, Cape Breton University:
This theoretically rich, community economic development (CED) work, written by four members of the Centre for Sustainable Community Development (formerly the Community Economic Development Centre) at Simon Fraser University, is the product of a three-year participatory-action-based research project involving four “forest-based” British Columbia communities. This book offers many useful insights into the complexity of CED theory and practice for communities that seek to assert some control over their economic and political futures.

Richard Le Heron, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Auckland:
This is an especially well-documented and insightful account of conceptualising and operationalizing CED ... This book adds extra layers to our understanding of staples and resource-dependency theory, provides rich case-study documentation and reflections of the serious constraints and difficulties encountered in the case communities and explores dimensions of what might make up good-practice CED. The book offers hope, at least of how communities might fashion realistic hopes in their own terms.

Tracy Summerville, University of Northern British Columbia:
The “how-tos” of research are beautifully laid out, and the reader gets to follow a clear path from the conception of the project (literature review, theory, methodology) to its completion (data collection and analysis) ... Second Growth is an excellent book, and I highly recommend it.

Greg Halseth, Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies, Department of Geography, University of Northern British Columbia:
This is an important book ... Its contributions range from theoretical renovation, to examples of participatory action research, to interesting and contrasting case study stories, to adding theoretical complexity to CED debates, to a concise summary of BC forest industry history as it affects rural and small town communities.