Community And Local Governance in Australia
Contributors: Paul Smyth (Editor); Tim Reddel (Editor); Andrew Jones (Editor)
Publisher: UNSW Press
Published: November 19, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780868407753
Subjects: Local government policies; Social issues; Public Policy - Social Policy; Local government; Community development; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Australia; Government - Local; Social planning; Government - General
Description: "'Place-based policy-making' burst on the Australian scene amid a torrent of new rhetoric such as 'social capital', 'community capacity', and 'community engagement'. Many wondered what substance lay beneath the rhetorical froth - if any. This is the first book to offer an overview of place-based policy making in Australia, putting it in an international context." "This collection guides readers through the issues, the research and the literature surrounding place-based policy-making as it pulls together what the editors see as the durable building blocks of this new era of policy making. The book's most pressing recommendation is for new 'post-contract state' forms of associative or networked governance."--Jacket.