No Straight Lines

Local Leadership and the Path from Government to Governance in Small Cities

Buch | Softcover

2018
University of Calgary Press (Verlag)
978-1-55238-944-7 (ISBN)

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With particular attention to the small city of Kamloops, British Columbia, this collection explores the impact of extended, short term, and unique leadership collaborations. It addresses local responses to homelessness, sustainability, food security, and more. It offers insight into the role of a university in a small city.

Small cities face intricate challenges. No Straight Lines provides the basis for a refined model of community engaged leadership and research designed to realize equality of quality of life.

With particular attention to the small city of Kamloops, British Columbia, this collection explores the impact of extended, short term, and unique leadership collaborations. It addresses local responses to homelessness, sustainability, food security, and more. It offers insight into the role of the university in the small city as a place of learning, and a contributor to positive change.

Based on active engagement, this book reveals the barriers present in addressing local needs, and the transformations that can be achieved through effective collaboration. It offers valuable insights into flexible practices that respond to the needs of community organizations and recognizes the challenges associated with resource constraints and capacity limitations. This unique collection provides new insights into the twists and turns of leadership and learning in the small city.

Terry Kading is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Philosophy, History and Politics at Thompson Rivers University. He is editor of Small Cities, Big Issues: Reconceiving Community in a Neoliberal Era.

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Leadership, Learning, and Equality of Quality of Life in the Small City
Terry Kading
Chapter 1. Promoting "Community Leadership and Learining" on Social Challengies: Government of Canada Homelessness Initiatives and the Small City of Kamloops, British Columbia
Terry Kading
Chapter 2. "What a Difference a Shower Can Make"
Lisa Cooke
Chapter 3. No Straight LInes: Using Creativity as a Method to Fight Homelessness
Dawn Farough
Chapter 4. The Kamloops Publi Produce Project - A Story of Place, Partnerships and Proximitiy in an Edible Garden
Robin Reid and Kendra Besanger
Chapter 5. The Kamloops Adult Learners Society: Leadership through Organic Partnerships and KNowledge Support in the Small City
Ginny Ratsoy
Chapter 6. The Tranquille Oral History Project: Refelctions on a Community-Engaged Research INsitiative in Kamloops, British Columbia
Tina Block
Chapter 7. Conclusion
Leadership Initiatives and Comunity-Engaged Research: Explorations and Critical Insights on "Leadership and Learning"in the Small City of Kamloops
Terry Kading, Lisa Cooke, Dawn Farough, Robin Reid, Kendra Besanger, Ginny Ratsoy, and Tina Block
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Erscheinungsdatum	10.06.2018
Reihe/Serie	Small Cities Sustainability Studies in Community and Cultural Engagement
Zusatzinfo	28 figures, tables, photos, maps
Verlagsort	Calgary
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 226 mm
Gewicht	480 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10	1-55238-944-8 / 1552389448
ISBN-13	978-1-55238-944-7 / 9781552389447
Zustand	Neuware