xv, 277 pages : 23 cm
Community And Local Governance in Australia
β Scribed by Paul Smyth, Tim Reddel, Andrew Jones
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 280
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book examines the resurgence in Australia of locality-based socialpolicy (concerned with the spatial dimensions of disadvantage), after thepolitical failures of the market oriented approach to regional reform. The book proposes that these trends are leading to a new 'post-competition' policy regime in Australia that mirrors global policy trends.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
1 International Perspectives and Policy Issues......Page 26
2 Associational Governance in Queensland......Page 50
3 Designing Public Policy after Neo-liberalism?......Page 70
4 Shifting Urban Governance in Australia......Page 88
5 βCommunityβ and Social Inclusion......Page 107
6 Rethinking Aboriginal Community Governance......Page 121
7 Regional Development Policy and Social Inclusion......Page 144
8 Building Community Economies in Marginalised Areas......Page 162
9 A Case Study in the New Regionalism......Page 180
10 Local Social Governance and Citizen Engagement......Page 200
11 Mapping the Normative Underpinnings of Local Governance......Page 218
12 Localisation in Contemporary Public Management......Page 239
13 Social Exclusion as a New Framework for Measuring Poverty......Page 258
Index......Page 275
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