Regional Development In Australia Hardcover

India

Robyn Eversole

In Australia, regions are not just geographic locations, they are also cultural ideas. Being regional means being located outside the nation?s capital cities and in the periphery of its centres of power and influence. Regional development in Australia is thus significantly different than its European or American counterparts. However, surprisingly little has been written about the unique dynamics of development in Australia's regions; this book has been written to fill this gap. In recent decades the Australian government has made repeated policy efforts to achieve sustainable development in its non-metropolitan areas. Over the same period, those who live and work outside the nation?s capital cities have come to identify as regional Australians. This book takes an anthropological approach to understanding the particularities of regional development in Australia. It draws upon rich, on-the-ground observations of towns, industries, universities, development organisations, and communities across different settings to provide an in-depth understanding of the subject. This book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners concerned with regional development and policy.

1138920207

9781138920200

English

Taylor And Francis Ltd

15 Dec 2015

160

Robyn Eversole is Director of the Institute for Regional Development, University of Tasmania, Australia. She is an anthropologist of development and the author of several books including Knowledge Partnering for Community Development. She is originally from West Virginia, USA.

`In Regional Development in Australia Robyn Eversole demonstrates her profound capacity to challenge our established - and too often unquestioned - understanding of what it means to live and work outside the nation's capitals. This elegantly written book sheds new light on the social and economic processes shaping regional Australia and throws up new possibilities for its future development. Regional Development in Australia is a book of potentially enormous benefit for researchers, policy makers, economic development practitioners and all those who study how non metropolitan places grow or decline.' - Andrew Beer, Dean, Research and Innovation, University of South Australia Business School, Australia `Robyn Eversole presents a valuable and original analysis of the state of Regional Australia that goes beyond identifying problems to propose realistic solutions.' - Professor John Tomaney, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London and Fellow of the Regional Australia Institute, UK