Reconfiguring rural resource governance: The legacy of neo-liberalism in Australia

Handbook of Rural Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 29-43

  Lockie, Stewart ^a   Lawrence, Geoffrey ^b   Cheshire, Lynda ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781848608016.n3     Document Type: Chapter

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