The evolution of rural policy: the Antipodean experience
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Article Title | The evolution of rural policy: the Antipodean experience |
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ERA Journal ID | 18953 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Cockfield, Geoff (Author) and Botterill, Linda Courtenay (Author) |
Journal Title | Policy and Society |
Journal Citation | 31 (4), pp. 343-353 |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
ISSN | 1449-4035 |
1839-3373 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polsoc.2012.09.006 |
Abstract | In common with other countries in the developed world, Australia and New Zealand developed an array of institutions and programs from the 1950s to the 1970s to support their agricultural sectors. From the mid-1980s they dismantled these, very rapidly in the case of New Zealand, to leave farmers and rural regions largely to market forces. This article explores the transition in Australia and New Zealand from agricultural policy based on 'protected development' to broader rural policy which includes consideration of regional development and environmentalism. We argue that the ideas and values of market liberalism are more apparent in rural policy in Australia and New Zealand than in the EU and US and we propose reasons for that, including differences in economic context, cultural ideas and political institutions. |
Keywords | free trade; rural industry; Australia; agricultural policy |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380101. Agricultural economics |
380103. Economic history | |
440499. Development studies not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | School of Accounting, Economics and Finance |
University of Canberra |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1901/the-evolution-of-rural-policy-the-antipodean-experience
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