{"product_id":"a-future-for-regional-australia-escaping-global-misfortune-hardback-9780521807531","title":"A Future for Regional Australia; Escaping Global Misfortune (Hardback) 9780521807531","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Future for Regional Australia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEscaping Global Misfortune\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 2001 book interprets the predicament faced by Australia's regional people from their own perspective.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Gray (Author), Geoffrey Lawrence (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521807531, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 July 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages, 12 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.6 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The real value in this book is in its ability to unravel the many internal contradictions in neoliberal ideology through empirical example, rather than conceptual argument.\"   Canadian Journal of Sociology Online\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 2001 book interprets the predicament faced by Australia's regional people from their own perspective and proposes a means by which they can act together to find a secure future under globalisation. It argues that neoliberalism in combination with its 'real world' effects in economic policy are driving regional Australia further into social, environmental and economic decay. Gray and Lawrence advocate a new kind of regionalism with broad objectives for people to pursue. This takes discussion about rural and regional policies out of the contexts of trade and industry policies and into the realm of the social and political. Ideas developed throughout the book are drawn from rural sociology, community studies, rural geography, political economy and regional studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Understanding globalisation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reflexivity versus economic rationalism: bringing people back in\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rural restructuring and social transformation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Confusion amid protest: voices from the farm\u003cbr\u003e 6. Regional restructuring and its policy impacts\u003cbr\u003e 7. Regional reflexivity: confronting community dependency\u003cbr\u003e 8. Beyond productivism and environmental degradation?\u003cbr\u003e 9. Detraditionalisation: disempowering rural and regional communities\u003cbr\u003e 10. Governance for dependency: neoliberal policies and regional Australia\u003cbr\u003e 11. Rural and regional Australia: options for a new millennium.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social issues \u0026amp; processes [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social issues \u0026amp; processes\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20issues%20\u0026amp;%20processes%20%5BJFF%5D%22\"\u003eJFF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265124192536,"sku":"9780521807531","price":55.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521807531i.jpg?v=1692019709","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-future-for-regional-australia-escaping-global-misfortune-hardback-9780521807531","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}