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Guest Editorial Rural governance in Australia: Changing forms and emerging actors
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-20, 12:06 authored by Cheshire, L, Vaughan HigginsVaughan Higgins, Lawrence, GThis special edition of Rural Society on rural governance in Australia is both timely and long overdue. For more than two decades now, we have witnessed an increased complexity in the way contemporary rule is exercised in Australia – and elsewhere – as a growing range of community, business and other non-government actors become increasingly involved in processes of decision-making and service delivery that were once considered the domain of the state. In this sense, governance is not a recent phenomenon, and scholars and policymakers have been deliberating on the directions of these changes for more than ten years. While initial writings on governance had a tendency to focus almost exclusively on its urban manifestations, it is now well accepted that the nature and impact of rural governance is equally profound and therefore worthy of more careful consideration.
History
Publication title
Rural SocietyVolume
16Pagination
231-235ISSN
1037-1656Department/School
School of Social SciencesPublisher
RoutledgePlace of publication
AustraliaRights statement
Copyright 2006 Taylor & FrancisRepository Status
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