Politics in Place - Social Power Relations in an Australian Country Town

Klappentext Politics in Place is a community study focusing on political life in a typical Australian agricultural town. Zusammenfassung Politics in Place is a community study focusing on political life in a typical Australian agricultural town. It examines the maintenance of a local political power structures by analysing the town's social processes and associated ideologies. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures, maps; 1. Introduction: the origins of a study; 2. Power: concepts and applications; 3. A history of Cowra; 4. Elitism and local government; 5. Spatial politics; 6. The politics of development; 7. Gender, race and human services; 8. The making of local politics; 9. Ideologies and resources; 10. Conclusion: the machinery of power; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: I. W. Gray, Ian Gray, Ian (Charles Sturt University Gray
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.1992
• EAN: 9780521404266
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40426-6
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government