Participation and governance in regional development
Subtitle: perspectives from Australia
By: edited by Robyn Eversole and John Martin.
Contributors: Eversole, Robyn.; Martin, John.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Regional planning -- Australia.; Australia -- Economic conditions -- Regional disparities.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Approaching regional development; title: Regional governance and regionalism in Australia / A.J. Brown; title: The insider's perspective on regional development: using the anthropological perspective / Robyn Eversole; title: Creating economic opportunities; title: Participation and governance in regional economic development / Robyn Eversole and John Martin; title: Governance and the performance of regional development agencies in Australia / Andrew Beer and Alaric Maude; title: Looking for a c-change: factors contributing to regional development / Patrice Braun; title: Facilitating regional development through 'interactional infrastructure': skill development in seasonal industries / Sue Kilpatrick and Helen Bound; title: Managing national resources participation and the governance of natural resources / Robyn Eversole and John Martin; title: Regional delivery of natural resource management in Australia: is it democratic and does it matter? / Susan A. Moore; title: Participation or co-governance? Challenges for regional natural resource management / Brian Head; title: Questioning the potential of deliberativeness to achieve 'acceptable' natural resource management decisions / Andrew Craig and Frank Vanclay; title: Acknowledging diversity and exclusion; title: Twin challenges - diversity and exclusion / Robyn Eversole and John Martin; title: Reframing issues in rural development: women's insights into sustainability and their implications for government / Helen Ross and Fiona McCartney; title: Negotiating definitions of indigenous participation in community development / Sherry Saggers; title: The hidden role of gender exclusion in regional development agencies / Julie Grant and Al Rainnie; title: Drought and social exclusion / Margaret Alston; title: Linking local issues and larger contexts; title: From local issues to responsive policy - bridging the gap / Robyn Eversole and John Martin; title: Informing regional policy: using a regional atlas to develop shared understandings / Fiona McKenzie; title: Developing population strategies for Australia's 'heartland' regions / Gordon Forth and Kenneth Howell; title: Local government and governance in Victoria: challenges for community participation / Kevin O'Toole.