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OverviewIn 2001 the northern Ontario town of Cobalt won a competition to be named the province’s “Most Historic Town.” This honour, though purely symbolic, came as Cobalters were also applying for and winning federal and provincial development grants to remake this once important silver mining centre as a destination for mining heritage tourism. This book, based on extended ethnographic and multi-method research in Cobalt, examines the multiple ways that development proposal writing is intertwined with neoliberal citizenship. Under current forms of neoliberal governance, proposal making and applying for grants have become normalized activities for individuals, non-profit organizations, schools, and municipalities. The authors argue that the residents of Cobalt have become entrenched in a “proposal economy,” a system that empowers them to imagine, engage, and propose but not to count on the state to provide certain services. The Proposal Economy makes an empirical and theoretical contribution to the literature on citizenship and neoliberal governance. In addition to the detailed and nuanced ethnography, it provides new perspectives on the ways that citizenship is produced and reproduced under conditions of neoliberalism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pamela Stern , Peter HallPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780774828215ISBN 10: 0774828218 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 26 January 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Ontario's Most Historic Town 2 Placing Cobalt 3 Citizenship and Local Government 4 Reluctant Regionalists 5 The Proposal Economy Postscript Appendices Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationPamela Stern is a sociocultural anthropologist at Simon Fraser University. Peter V. Hall is an economic geographer and an associate professor of urban studies at Simon Fraser University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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