Rural Society 1999 - 2002

The Rural Society journals published between 1999 and 2002 are available from the Centre for Rural Social Research at Charles Sturt University.

The contents of each edition are listed below for reference:

Volume 12, Number 3, 2002
Special Edition: Information and Communication Technology

The Rural Digital Divide by Emma Rooksby, John Weckert and Richard Lucas

Internet Access in Rural Australia: Issues and Policies by Quiyan Fan

Rural Women's Empowerment in a Communication Technology Project: Some Contradictory Effects by June Lennie

Can ICT in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Overcome Remoteness? by Wolfgang Greller & Mary Mackay

Intellectual Isolation, Geographical Isolation and Information Overload of Academics at a Rural University: an Information-Seeking Perspective by John Mills

Volume 12, Number 2, 2002

Social Capital in Rural Australia by Margaret Alston

Social/Human Capital Rapid Appraisal Model (SCRAM): a method of remotely assessing social and human capacity in Australian rural communities by Colin Macgregor and John Cary

The socio-economic structure of irrigation communities - water markets and the structural adjustment process by Henning Bjornlund

Has extension changed to match Australia's dynamic forestry landscape? by Digby Race

Rural Finance in Australia: A Troubled History by Evan Jones

Volume 12, Number 1, 2002

Regionalism and Regionalisation in Food in Australia by Barbara Santich

A profile of Farm Tourism: the South West Tapestry Region of Western Australia
by Gloria Ingram & Trish Sherwood

The Social Space(s) of Rural Women by Miss Kerrie-Elizabeth Allen

Investing In Our Youth: the first fully operational Communities That Care project in Australia
by Colleen Carlon

Beauty makes Money: Kawakawa Hundertwasser toilet block by Lorna Kaino

A Level Playing Field for Internet Opportunities? Issues for Rural and City Visually Impaired People
by Kirsty Williamson, Ann Albrecht, Don Schauder & Amanda Bow

Volume 11, Number 3, 2001
Special edition: papers from 8th conference of the Agrifood Research Network

Underlying it all: Faceless Landscapes and Commodified Views by Ruth Beilin

Gene Technology in R&D Provision to the Australian Sugar Industry: Sweetening up Public Research? by Wendy Russell

Content Analysis of Bias in International Print Media Coverage of Genetically Modified Food
by Ruth Fitzgerald, Hugh Campbell & Leda Sivak

Consuming 'Green': the Symbolic Constructin of Organic Foods
by Kristen Lyons, Stewart Lockie & Geoffrey Lawrence

Follow the Fear: A Multi-sited Approach to GM by Hugh Campbell & Ruth Fitzgerald

A Cultural Economy Study of Beef as a Commodity: A Preliminary Analysis from Central Queensland by Julie Reis, Geoffrey Lawrence & Stewart Lockie

Feeding a Growing City: The Glebe Island Abattoir and the provision of meat for Sydney by Phil McManus

Quality Assurance, Deregulation and Participation in Policy Making: Farm Women's Perceptions from the Field by Sarah T. Rickson, Roy E. Rickson & David Burch

Agricultural Education: Social Science in the Curricula by Tony Dunn & Ted Wolfe

Neoliberalism, Individualism and Prospects for Regional Renewal
by Ian Gray & Geoffrey Lawrence

Volume 11, Number 2, 2001

Not Just Another Dose: The BridgIT Response to Rural and Remote Internet Training
by Lyn Simpson, Barbara Pini & Leonie Daws

Keeping Youth in Communities: Education and Out-Migration in the South West
by Robyn Eversole

Associating with Olive: The Changing status and fortunes of the olive and olive oil in Australia
by Helen Andreoni

Class, Status and Land Conflict: The Democratisation of Grazing Lands in Queensland
by Jim McAllister & Barbara Geno

Volume 11, Number 1, 2001

Taking the future in their hands: Local development practice around the world
by Tim Tabart, Amabel Fulton & Rob Clark

Dairy deregulation and the demise of dairying in New South Wales by Andrew P. Davidson

'Bradstow Revisited': A comparative study of class politics in Bowral, 1974 and 1997
by Helen Masterman-Smith & Drew Cottle

Volume 10, Number 3, 2000

Comparative Perspectives on Regional Development Policy in Australia and Ireland
by John Duff and Matthew Tonts

Woop Woop(s) and Woolly Film-making: Rural representations of culture in contemporary Australian feature film by Lorna Kaino

The Contrasting Traditions of Farming and Railway Work in Australian Rural Communities
by Ian Gray

Wetland Management Trade-offs in the Upper South-East of South Australia
by Stuart M. Whitten and Jeff W. Bennett

Landholders' Reasons for Adopting or Rejecting Plantation Forestry on Farms in North-East Tasmania by Jacki Schirmer, Peter Kanowski & Digby Race

Changes in Farmer Perceptins Towards Soil Conservation and Management in North-West Tasmania by Bill Cotching & Chris Sims

The Influence of Isolation on Stress and Suicide in Rural Areas: An international comparison
by Alison Monk

Volume 10, Number 2, 2000
Special Edition: Rural and Regional History

Sectarianism in Ganmain: A local study, 1912-21 by James Logan

A 'New Deal' for Australia: The National Catholic Rural Movement and American agrarianism, 1931-49 by Richard Doig

Activists, Experts and Intellectuals: A 1950's rural network by Don Boadle

Science and Education: The beginnings of agricultural extension in 1890s New South Wales
by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

From Red to White: Wagga Wagga, 1890-1990 by Warwick Eather

In the Interests of Rural Society: The Riverina press and the provision of health and education
by Nancy Blacklow

European-Chinese Economic Interaction in a Pre-Federation Rural Australian Setting
by Rod Lancashire

Volume 10, Number 1, 2000

Sharing the driving seat: Involving everyone in a family business
by Sue Kilpatrick & Rowena Bell

Government Responses to Farm Poverty: The policy development process by Linda Botterill

Voices from the Bush: Gippsland gourmet PD and the culture and politics of teacher pr

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