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Agriculture, mining and related rural industries have been central
to the development of Australia's economy. This book details the
role that the Australian Government has played in the making of
rural and regional Australia, particularly since World War II. The
book reviews these policies and evaluates them with regards the
commitments undertaken by the Government to contribute towards
vibrant, rural communities. Policy areas addressed include
agriculture, water, education, welfare and population, natural
resource management, resource extraction, Indigenous and affairs,
localism, rural research and regional innovation, Youth Affairs and
the devolution of regional governance. Overall two distinct policy
strategies can be observed: one wherein the government saw its role
as part of the entrepreneurial state and a sector wherein
government has increasingly taken itself out of industry
development, leaving this role to the market. Having considered
these strategies and their impacts, the book concludes that policy
over the past 40 years has not in fact contributed to a more
vibrant, prosperous rural and regional Australia. Rural and
Regional Futures concludes with several chapters looking to the
future. One chapter explores what the role of the state can be
within a social market economy while the final chapter gives
consideration to the initial steps rural communities will need to
take to begin the process of revitalisation. While these materials
present as a case study of developments in Australia, the policy
shift from the Government as entrepreneur to a focus on markets is
an international one and as such, the insights offered by this book
will have wide appeal.
The purpose of this book is to challenge people (service providers,
people with a hearing disability and those who advocate for them)
to reconsider the way western society thinks about hearing
disability and the way it seeks to 'include them'. It highlights
the concern that the design of hearing services is so historically
marinated in ableist culture that service users often do not
realise they may be participating in their own oppression within a
phono-centric society. With stigma and marginalisation being the
two most critical issues impacting on people with hearing
disability, Hogan and Phillips document both the collective and
personal impacts of such marginality. In so doing, the book brings
forward an argument for a paradigm shift in hearing services.
Drawing upon the latest research and policy work, the book opens up
a conceptual framework for a new approach to hearing services and
looks at the kinds of personal and systemic changes a paradigm
shift would entail.
The purpose of this book is to challenge people (service providers,
people with a hearing disability and those who advocate for them)
to reconsider the way western society thinks about hearing
disability and the way it seeks to 'include them'. It highlights
the concern that the design of hearing services is so historically
marinated in ableist culture that service users often do not
realise they may be participating in their own oppression within a
phono-centric society. With stigma and marginalisation being the
two most critical issues impacting on people with hearing
disability, Hogan and Phillips document both the collective and
personal impacts of such marginality. In so doing, the book brings
forward an argument for a paradigm shift in hearing services.
Drawing upon the latest research and policy work, the book opens up
a conceptual framework for a new approach to hearing services and
looks at the kinds of personal and systemic changes a paradigm
shift would entail.
Agriculture, mining and related rural industries have been central
to the development of Australia's economy. This book details the
role that the Australian Government has played in the making of
rural and regional Australia, particularly since World War II. The
book reviews these policies and evaluates them with regards the
commitments undertaken by the Government to contribute towards
vibrant, rural communities. Policy areas addressed include
agriculture, water, education, welfare and population, natural
resource management, resource extraction, Indigenous and affairs,
localism, rural research and regional innovation, Youth Affairs and
the devolution of regional governance. Overall two distinct policy
strategies can be observed: one wherein the government saw its role
as part of the entrepreneurial state and a sector wherein
government has increasingly taken itself out of industry
development, leaving this role to the market. Having considered
these strategies and their impacts, the book concludes that policy
over the past 40 years has not in fact contributed to a more
vibrant, prosperous rural and regional Australia. Rural and
Regional Futures concludes with several chapters looking to the
future. One chapter explores what the role of the state can be
within a social market economy while the final chapter gives
consideration to the initial steps rural communities will need to
take to begin the process of revitalisation. While these materials
present as a case study of developments in Australia, the policy
shift from the Government as entrepreneur to a focus on markets is
an international one and as such, the insights offered by this book
will have wide appeal.
Rory Storm and the Hurricanes were one of the top bands in
Liverpool between 1959 and 1962, bigger even than The Beatles. They
shared the bill with the Fab Four on many occasions in their home
city and in Hamburg, and their first drummer was none other than
Richard Starkey - better known as Ringo Starr - who left the
Hurricanes to join the Beatles. The Hurricanes were leading lights
of the burgeoning 'Mersey Sound' and a pulsating live act, led by
their charismatic front man, Rory Storm. Born Alan Caldwell, Rory
was a natural performer who wooed crowds with his stage antics,
once even diving from a swimming pool high board halfway through a
song. But, despite the band's huge local following, fame somehow
passed them by. Frontman Rory suffered from a crippling stammer
and, though unaffected while on stage, it seemed to deter record
companies. As their fellow Liverpudlians enjoyed huge international
success, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes drifted into obscurity,
finally ending in tragedy. Anthony Hogan has painstakingly
researched the lives and careers of Rory Storm and The Hurricanes
in this fascinating and moving account of one of the great untold
rock 'n' roll stories, featuring over 100 photographs, many unseen
before in public.
In the late 1950s, a flourishing musical culture began to emerge in
major UK cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and
London. This was particularly true in the Merseyside area, where an
estimated 350 different groups were active, often playing
ballrooms, jive hives concert halls and clubs. This new music
became known as Merseybeat. Local author and historian Anthony
Hogan has chronicled the fascinating and little-told stories of
many of the characters from that era; the people and the bands who
made a big contribution to the region's rise to rock 'n' roll
prominence. The Beat Makers describes the often-overlooked black
music scene in Liverpool and its importance to Merseybeat, as well
as the amazing story of the Liverbirds, who became the first
all-girl beat band, and Derry Wilkie, the black singer who fronted
a number of different bands and was the first Merseybeat artist to
play in Hamburg and to release a record along with the Seniors. And
with chapters on the great names such as Ted Kingsize Taylor,
Johnny Guitar and Geoff Nugent, The Beat Makers is essential
reading for all self-respecting lovers of rock 'n' roll history.
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