discourses and practices of self-help in Australian rural policy /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Lynda Cheshire.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Burlington, VT :
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Ashgate,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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173 p. :
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ill., map ;
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24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Perspectives on rural policy and planning.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-169) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: the problem of self-help -- Power and government: a governmentality perspective -- Contemporary discourses of self-help -- A problematics of government: self-help as discursive practice -- Technologies of capacity building: disciplining and regulating conduct -- Relations of rule: self-help in Warmington and Woomeroo -- Docile bodies? translating self-help -- Conclusion: implications for rural development.
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Rural development-- Government policy-- Australia.
Rural development-- Political aspects-- Australia.
Rural development projects-- Australia-- Citizen participation.