Land of discontent : the dynamics of change in rural and regional Australia / edited by Bill Pritchard and Phil McManus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pritchard, Bill.

McManus, Phil, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural development--Australia.

Rural development.

Rural conditions.

Politics and government.

Economic policy.

Australia--Economic policy--20th century.

Australia.

Australia--Politics and government--20th century.

Australia--Rural conditions.

Physical Description:

xiv, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2000.

Contents:

Crisis and conflict: shifting discourses of rural and regional Australia / Stewart Lockie

The myths of modern agriculture : Australian rural production in the 21st century / Geoffrey Lawrence and Ian Gray

The restructuring of Australia's rural communities / Matthew Tonts

Where do people fit in the rural equation? / Fiona Haslam McKenzie

Negotiating the two-edged sword of agricultural trade liberalisation : trade policy and its protectionist discontents / Bill Pritchard

Environmental and aboriginal issues : the emergence of new tensions in rural and regional politics / Phil McManus and Glenn Albrecht

The management of government and its consequences for service delivery in regional Australia / Rolf Gerritsen

Lopping the branches : bank branch closure and rural Australian communities / Neil Argent and Fran Rolley

Regional policy and development in Australia : running out of solutions? / Andrew Beer

The challenges for local government in the 21st century / Maurice Daly

Concluding thoughts / Phil McManus and Bill Pritchard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0868405787

OCLC:

45741473