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Record Nr.

UNISA996320708703316

Autore

Baum Scott

Titolo

Fault lines exposed [[electronic resource] ] : advantage and disadvantage across Australia's settlement system / / Scott Baum, Kevin O'Connor & Robert Stimson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clayton, Victoria, : Monash University ePress, 2005

ISBN

0-9757475-5-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'ConnorKevin

StimsonRobert

Disciplina

303

Soggetti

Social policy

Australia Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; A note about pagination and chapter identification; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Why do disparities occur and how might we understand them?; CHAPTER THREE: Suburbs of advantage and disadvantage; CHAPTER FOUR: Mining, tourism, sea-changers and agriculture; CHAPTER FIVE: Good things come in small packages, but what about small towns?; CHAPTER SIX: Commentary says the bush is in bad shape: Is that really the case?; CHAPTER SEVEN: Broad outcomes and policy issues;

Sommario/riassunto

Social and economic change in Australia has resulted in the emergence of disparities in advantage and disadvantage between metropolitan communities and regional localities, towns and cities. This book uses up-to-date data to re-analyse the patterns, and consider policy issues that arise.