R SOC355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Neoliberalism, Physical Capital, University Of British Columbia Press

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Rural Sociology
• Course: R SOC355
• Professor: John Parkins

Document Summary

Social structures vs. agency (capacity to act: agency can be demonstrated at the individual level, community level, etc, social structure examples: gender, race, class, dependence on an industry (economic context), Dependency on a sector of the economy (energy, forestry, tourism, etc. ) Tourism marketing / strategies, which reflects agency / the efforts of the community to reinvent themselves, to change the local economy and dependencies. Creative employment strategies: commuting short distances instead of relocating permanently, a chunk of time away, punctuated by time at home. 9 declining services for youth (cut back due to declining youth population) Globalization of mobility: the movement of people, flows of people, their capacity to move. Influences immigration status as well as employment strategies in nfld. Smaller governments, lower taxes: reduced spending on government services of all kinds. Individual/community responsibility increases (responsible for yourself, need to take care of yourself)