| Description |
xx, 364 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Routledge advances in regional economics, science and policy ; 5 |
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Routledge advances in regional economics, science and policy ; 5
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| Contents |
16. Development of Mining-affected Regions: The influence of the Commonwealth in a state dominated sphere / Jo Everingham & Daniel Franks -- 17. Understanding the Aspirations of People Living in Rural and Regional Australia / Catherine Gross -- Part IV: Moving forward: visioning the Future for rural and regional Australia. 18. Country Futures: framing a policy agenda for rural and regional Australia / Anthony Hogan & Michelle Young -- 19. Reclaiming livelihoods: initial steps to re-institute a viable socio-economic base for living in country settings / Anthony Hogan, Bruce Wilson, Douglas Baker, Lorelle Burton, Laurie Buys, & Michael Cuthill |
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The making of Rural and Regional Australia: an Introduction / Anthony Hogan & Michelle Young -- Part I: Background: Structuring Policy. 1. Regional Policy in post-war Australia: much ado about nothing? / Paul Collits -- 2. From State Direction to Community Self-Efficacy: the devolution of responsibility for regional development in Australia / Geoff Cockfield -- 3. Australian Agricultural Policy: the pursuit of agricultural efficiency / Erin Smith & Bill Pritchard -- 4. Natural Resource Management in Australia: a historical summary / Rebeka Tennent & Stewart Lockie -- 5. Dams, Pumps, Pipes and Dreams: water and the making of regional Australia / Kirsten Henderson -- Part II: Policy-specific Issues. 6. Perspectives on population Policy in Australia / Catherine Gross -- 7. The Commonwealth's Policies and Aboriginal People in Regional Australia / Janet Hunt -- 8. Education for Rural Australia / Philip Roberts -- 9. Commonwealth Employment and Welfare Policies in Post-war Regional Australia / Sharon Wheller -- 10. Youth Policy in Australia since World War II: the more things change / Sean MacDermott & Susan Taylor -- 11. Rural Policy: shaping Women's lives / Margaret Alston -- 12. Three Decades of Rural Health / Gordon Gregory -- 13. Rural Research and Regional Innovation: are past and present research funding policies building future resilience in the bush? / Richard Price -- Part III: Emerging Issues in Rural and Regional Policy. 14. Assessing Adaptability in Regional Economies / Kim Houghton & Thomas Fell -- 15. Localism and the policy goal of securing the socio-Economic Viability of Rural and Regional Australia / Anthony Hogan, Jen Cleary, Stewart Lockie, Michelle Young & Katherine Daniell) -- |
| Summary |
"Agriculture, mining and related rural industries have been central to the development of Australia's economy. This book details the role that the Australian Government has played in the making of rural and regional Australia, particularly since World War II. The book reviews these policies and evaluates them with regards the commitments undertaken by the Government to contribute towards vibrant, rural communities. Policy areas addressed include agriculture, water, education, welfare and population, natural resource management, resource extraction, Indigenous and affairs, localism, rural research and regional innovation, Youth Affairs and the devolution of regional governance. Overall two distinct policy strategies can be observed: one wherein the government saw its role as part of the entrepreneurial state and a sector wherein government has increasingly taken itself out of industry development, leaving this role to the market. Having considered these strategies and their impacts, the book concludes that policy over the past 40 years has not in fact contributed to a more vibrant, prosperous rural and regional Australia. Rural and Regional Futures concludes with several chapters looking to the future. One chapter explores what the role of the state can be within a social market economy while the final chapter gives consideration to the initial steps rural communities will need to take to begin the process of revitalisation. While these materials present as a case study of developments in Australia, the policy shift from the Government as entrepreneur to a focus on markets is an international one and as such, the insights offered by this book will have wide appeal"-- |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Regional planning -- Australia.
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Rural development -- Australia.
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| Author |
Hogan, Anthony, editor
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Young, Michelle, editor
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| LC no. |
2014011790 |
| ISBN |
1138025070 (hardback) |
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9781138025073 (hardback) |
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(ebook) |
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