Paul Bowles is a professor of economics and international studies at the University of Northern British Columbia. He is the author of Capitalism (Pearson, 2012) and co-author (with Henry Veltmeyer) of The Answer Is Still No: Voices of Pipeline Resistance (Fernwood Books, 2014).Gary N. Wilson is a professor of political science at the University of Northern British Columbia and an adjunct professor at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan. His work has appeared in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Canadian Foreign Policy, and Europe-Asia Studies among other journals.Contributors: Ken Coates, Fiona MacPhail, Jim McDonald, Tracy Summerville, Henry Veltmeyer, John F. Young

Resource Communities in a Globalizing Region provides an important framework for approaching the closely interconnected contemporary and historical problems associated with primary resource extraction in hinterland regions … Resource Communities should be required reading for policy-makers, businesspeople, and academics involved in or studying the diversity of issues associatedd with industrial development in northern British Columbia. - Hereward Longley, University of Alberta (BC Studies)

• Introduction: Globalization in a Northern, Resource-Based Region / Gary N. Wilson and Paul Bowles1 "Globalizing" Northern British Columbia: What's in Word? / Paul Bowles2 Northern British Columbia: What's in a Place? / John F. Young3 Development, Province Building, and Globalization in Northern British Columbia / Ken Coates and John F. Young4 Globalization and the Transformation of Aboriginal Society: The Tsimshian Encounter / Jim McDonald5 Globalization and Multilevel Governance in Northern British Columbia: Opportunities and Challenges / Tracy Summerville and Gary N. Wilson6 Development and Reconciliation: A New Relationship or Benevolent Colonialism? / Jim McDonald7 Neoliberalism's Traction: An Analysis of Local Economic Development Officers' Views in Northern British Columbia / Paul Bowles8 China and the Northern British Columbia Forest Products' Sector: Whose Saviour? / Paul Bowles and Fiona MacPhail9 Mining and Energy in Northern British Columbia: Employment, Community, and Inclusion / Fiona MacPhail and Paul Bowles10 Pipelines and Protest: Enbridge and After / Paul Bowles and Henry VeltmeyerConclusion: Which Direction for Northern British Columbia? / Paul Bowles and Gary N. WilsonIndex

Paul Bowles is a professor of economics and international studies at the University of Northern British Columbia. He is the author of Capitalism (Pearson, 2012) and co-author (with Henry Veltmeyer) of The Answer Is Still No: Voices of Pipeline Resistance (Fernwood Books, 2014).Gary N. Wilson is a professor of political science at the University of Northern British Columbia and an adjunct professor at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan. His work has appeared in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Canadian Foreign Policy, and Europe-Asia Studies among other journals.Contributors: Ken Coates, Fiona MacPhail, Jim McDonald, Tracy Summerville, Henry Veltmeyer, John F. Young

Resource Communities in a Globalizing Region provides an important framework for approaching the closely interconnected contemporary and historical problems associated with primary resource extraction in hinterland regions … Resource Communities should be required reading for policy-makers, businesspeople, and academics involved in or studying the diversity of issues associatedd with industrial development in northern British Columbia. - Hereward Longley, University of Alberta (BC Studies)

• Introduction: Globalization in a Northern, Resource-Based Region / Gary N. Wilson and Paul Bowles1 "Globalizing" Northern British Columbia: What's in Word? / Paul Bowles2 Northern British Columbia: What's in a Place? / John F. Young3 Development, Province Building, and Globalization in Northern British Columbia / Ken Coates and John F. Young4 Globalization and the Transformation of Aboriginal Society: The Tsimshian Encounter / Jim McDonald5 Globalization and Multilevel Governance in Northern British Columbia: Opportunities and Challenges / Tracy Summerville and Gary N. Wilson6 Development and Reconciliation: A New Relationship or Benevolent Colonialism? / Jim McDonald7 Neoliberalism's Traction: An Analysis of Local Economic Development Officers' Views in Northern British Columbia / Paul Bowles8 China and the Northern British Columbia Forest Products' Sector: Whose Saviour? / Paul Bowles and Fiona MacPhail9 Mining and Energy in Northern British Columbia: Employment, Community, and Inclusion / Fiona MacPhail and Paul Bowles10 Pipelines and Protest: Enbridge and After / Paul Bowles and Henry VeltmeyerConclusion: Which Direction for Northern British Columbia? / Paul Bowles and Gary N. WilsonIndex