Description |
173 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
Perspectives on rural policy and planning |
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Perspectives on rural policy and planning.
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Contents |
1. Introduction : the problem of self-help -- 2. Power and government : a governmentality perspective -- 3. Contemporary discourses of self-help -- 4. A problematics of government : self-help as discursive practice -- 5. Technologies of capacity building : disciplining and regulating conduct -- 6. Relations of rule : self-help in Warmington and Woomeroo -- 7. Docile bodies? : translating self-help -- 8. Conclusion : implications for rural development |
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Introduction: the problem of self-help -- Power and government: a governmentality perspective -- Contemporary discourses of self-help -- A problematics of government: self-help as discursive practice -- Technologies of capacity building: disciplining and regulating conduct -- Relations of rule: self-help in Warmington and Woomeroo -- Docile bodies? translating self-help -- Conclusion: implications for rural development |
Summary |
"By examining the policies of Australia and other Western nations, this book provides a critical account of the discourses and practices of self-help in contemporary rural development. While it examines the problems of a self-help approach, it also moves beyond a straightforward exposition of the impediments to self-help that are often experienced by those facing disadvantage. Instead, taking a Foucauldian governmentality perspective, it puts forward a theoretical analysis of the self-help concept, assessing it as a means of governing rural development in an advanced liberal manner."--BOOK JACKET |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-169) and index |
Subject |
Rural development projects -- Australia -- Citizen participation.
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Rural development -- Political aspects -- Australia.
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Rural development -- Government policy -- Australia.
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SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Rural conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007670
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Author |
ebrary, Inc.
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LC no. |
2006020607 |
ISBN |
9780754640240 |
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0754640248 alkaline paper |
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