A comprehensive introduction to public policy and the policy cycle, the fully revised second
edition of this popular textbook offers a practical guide to the topic while remaining …

This paper examines the labour experiences of Pacific Islander people living in the Greater
Shepparton Region in south-eastern Australia, and the forms of both intergenerational …

Rural mainstreaming reviews policies to ensure people in all parts of a country receive
comparable policy treatment. Rural proofing is the method used to ensure that rural …

Harmonisation of disease management practices across global space and the devolution of
responsibility to a broader range of actors are two increasingly important approaches for …

Despite a professed commitment to free trade, Canada has retained a staunchly
protectionist supply management regime in several agricultural sectors, notably in the dairy …

Some political scientists have argued that 'countrymindedness', a set of tenets about the
importance of agriculture and rural life, is of decreasing political and social importance …

The Australian Country Girl: History, Image, Experience offers a detailed analysis of the
experience and the image of Australian country girlhood. In Australia,'country girl'names a …

Globally, the challenges of climate change have resulted in significant water policy reform.
Australia's Murray Darling Basin (MDB) Plan is a complex transboundary water …

Objective: Australia's dominant food system encourages the overconsumption of foods
detrimental for human and planetary health. Despite this, Australia has limited policies to …

Farmers' resilience is routinely named as an agricultural policy objective in Australia and
internationally. However, uncritical use of the resilience concept, as well as the disparity …