ILWS - Institute of Land, Water and Society

Rural Social Research Publications

The following publications from members of the former Centre for Rural Social Research are available. Where indicated, some reports are PDF and may be downloaded.

Please email ilws@csu.edu.au to order any of these publications or contact Kris Gibbs on
02 6051 9992.

Rural Society- a Journal of global research into rural social problems and sustainable communities - is published by eContent Management in 3 issues per year. There is now 40% off the price of some back issues and some Special Issues of this journal. For subscriptions, back issues and information about submitting your research go their website.

Key Papers Series (edited books)

• Rural Health and Welfare in Australia
• No 1 Rural Women
• No 2 Family Farming: Australia and New Zealand
• No 4 Communication and Culture in Rural Areas
• No 5 Critical Landcare

Conference Proceedings Series

• "WOW: Wellbeing of Women": Conference Proceedings from the conference held in December 2003 Edited by Elizabeth Moore
• "Setting the Agenda for Rural Women: Research Directions" Proceeding from the conference held in July 2002 Edited by Prof Margaret Alston
• Building Partnerships for Better Development: Proceedings of the 1st International Outlook Conference on Community Development in the Asia-Pacific 1999
• Rural Australia: Toward 2000 Keynote Speakers 2000
• Arts and Ownership in the New Millennium: An edited collection of papers presented at the Arts and Ownership Conference (Published Sept 2001)
• Aboriginal and Ethnic Communities in Rural Australia: A collection of papers presented at the Rural Australia, Toward 2000 conference
• Rural Women Towards 2000: A collection of papers presented at the Rural Australia, Toward 2000 conference
• Quality of Life in Rural Australia (1998)

Occasional Papers Series

• No. 1 (Re)presenting Alternative Sexualities in Regional Daily Newspapers in NSW Country Towns

Research Reports

• Social Impacts of Drought: A report to NSW Agriculture (2005) PDF Prof Margaret Alston
• The Impacts of Drought on secondary education access in Australia's rural and remote areas: A report to DEST and FRRR (2006) Prof Margaret Alston
• A Future for regional passenger trains in New South Wales Local Government and Shires Association of NSW and Appendices (2004) A/Prof Ian Gray
• Not Just Court: family violence in rural NSW - Aboriginal women speak out (2005) Elizabeth Moore
• Generation X-pendable: Young, Rural and Looking for Work - An examination of Young People's perceptions of Employment Opportunities in Rural Areas Link to PDF
• Western Riverina Higher Education Needs Analysis: An analysis of the tertiary education needs and demands of communities and industry in the western Riverina Link to PDF Prof Margaret Alston
• Goals for Women: Improving media representation of women's sport Prof Margaret Alston
• Speaking the Same Language: an evaluation of child sexual assault protocols in the Wagga Wagga region
• Coping with Change: Australian farmers in the 1990s
• Barriers to the Adoption of Sustainable Crop Rotations
• Land Degradation and Land Management in Central NSW: Changes in farmers' knowledge, opinions and practice (May 97)
• A New Approach to Juvenile Justice: an evaluation of family group conferencing in Wagga Wagga
• Without Compromising Identity: an examination of the interaction among two clusters of ethnic communities in Australia
• Evaluation of the Rural Communities Access Program
• Mudgee Shire Study Report

Centre Monographs (small books published by the Centre)

• Community sustainability in rural Australia: a question of capital? (2003) Edited by Chris Cocklin and Margaret Alston
• Towards Poverty Alleviation in Rural Australia: A First Step (2000) Manohar Pawar and John McClinton
• Leading Women in Agriculture (1998) Margaret Alston
• Let's walk the talk inside the Department: Messages to Government, Farming Associations and Agribusiness from the Women of Rural Australia (1999) Jane Wilkinson and Margaret Alston

Books

• Alston, M. (1995) Women on the Land (UNSW Press)
• Vanclay, F. (1995) The Environmental Imperative: ecosocial concerns for Australian agriculture (CQU Press)
• Alston, M. (2000) Breaking Through the Grass Ceiling (Harwood academic publishers)