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Small Canadian cities confront serious social issues as a result of the neoliberal economic restructuring practiced by both federal and provincial governments since the 1980s. Drastic spending reductions and ongoing restraint in social assistance, income supports, and the provision of affordable housing, combined with the offloading of social responsibilities onto municipalities, has contributed to the generalization of social issues once chiefly associated with Canada’s largest urban centres. As the investigations in this volume illustrate, while some communities responded to these issues with inclusionary and progressive actions others were more exclusionary and reactive—revealing forms of discrimination, exclusion, and “othering” in the implementation of practices and policies. Importantly, however their investigations reveal a broad range of responses to the social issues they face. No matter the process and results of the proposed solutions, what the contributors uncovered were distinctive attributes of the small city as it struggles to confront increasingly complex social issues. If local governments accept a social agenda as part of its responsibilities, the contributors to Small Cities, Big Issues believe that small cities can succeed in reconceiving community based on the ideals of acceptance, accommodation, and inclusion.

Sociology, Urban --- Urban sociology --- Cities and towns --- BC --- social issues --- prostitution --- mental health --- nimbyism --- accommodation --- neoliberalism --- British Columbia --- homelessness --- Indigenous peoples --- Canada --- Social conditions --- Canada (Province) --- Canadae --- Ceanada --- Chanada --- Chanadey --- Dominio del Canadá --- Dominion of Canada --- Jianada --- Kʻaenada --- Kanada (Dominion) --- Ḳanadah --- Kanadaja --- Kanadas --- Ḳanade --- Kanado --- Kanakā --- Province of Canada --- Republica de Canadá --- Yn Chanadey --- Καναδάς --- Канада --- קאנאדע --- קנדה --- كندا --- کانادا --- カナダ --- 加拿大 --- 캐나다 --- Kaineḍā --- Lower Canada --- Upper Canada

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Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Economic geography --- Hazardous waste sites --- -Hazardous waste sites --- -NIMBY syndrome --- -#SBIB:35H434 --- #SBIB:316.334.5U43 --- #SBIB:003.IO --- Locally unwanted land use syndrome --- LULU syndrome --- Nimbyism --- Not-in-my-back-yard syndrome --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Land use --- Self-interest --- Chemical landfills --- Contaminated sites --- Dumps, Toxic --- Hazardous waste disposal sites --- Hazardous waste facilities --- Superfund sites --- Toxic dumps --- Waste disposal sites --- Location --- -Political aspects --- -Congresses --- -Citizen participation --- Congresses --- Beleidssectoren: milieubeleid en ruimtelijke ordening --- Sociologie van stad en platteland: milieubewegingen --- NIMBY syndrome --- Citizen participation --- Congresses. --- Political aspects --- -Location

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By examining environmental change through the lens of conflicting social agendas, Andrew Hurley uncovers the historical roots of environmental inequality in contemporary urban America. Hurley's study focuses on the steel mill community of Gary, Indiana, a city that was sacrificed, like a thousand other American places, to industrial priorities in the decades following World War II. Although this period witnessed the emergence of a powerful environmental crusade and a resilient quest for equality and social justice among blue-collar workers and African Americans, such efforts often conflicted with the needs of industry. To secure their own interests, manufacturers and affluent white suburbanites exploited divisions of race and class, and the poor frequently found themselves trapped in deteriorating neighborhoods and exposed to dangerous levels of industrial pollution. In telling the story of Gary, Hurley reveals liberal capitalism's difficulties in reconciling concerns about social justice and quality of life with the imperatives of economic growth. He also shows that the power to mold the urban landscape was intertwined with the ability to govern social relations.

Environmental policy --- NIMBY syndrome --- Pollution --- Social classes --- Social aspects --- Gary --- Gary (Ind.) --- Environmental conditions --- Race relations --- Social conditions --- Environmental conditions. --- Race relations. --- Social conditions. --- Class distinction --- Classes, Social --- Rank --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Locally unwanted land use syndrome --- LULU syndrome --- Nimbyism --- Not-in-my-back-yard syndrome --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental aspects --- Government policy --- Gary, Ind. --- Caste --- Estates (Social orders) --- Social status --- Class consciousness --- Classism --- Social stratification --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Land use --- Self-interest --- Environmental auditing --- Miller (Gary, Ind.) --- Environmental policy - Social aspects - Indiana - Gary --- NIMBY syndrome - Indiana - Gary --- Pollution - Social aspects - Indiana - Gary --- Social classes - Indiana - Gary --- Gary (Ind.) - Environmental conditions --- Gary (Ind.) - Race relations --- Gary (Ind.) - Social conditions