Inside the black box: dimensions of gender, generation and scale in the Australian rural restructuring process

Article Abstract:

Research reveals that farm women have played varying and important roles in defending the farm and the family through on- and off-farm and household labor, while men's roles have changed little. Results are based on a 1984-1993 study of survival strategies of 37 rural families living on Kangaroo Island, Australia, during a financial crisis beginning in the 1980s; topics discussed include theories of domestic political economy, simple commodity production, gender order and roles, and Marxian political economy project.

South Australia, Statistical Data Included, Research, Women, Demographic aspects, Environmental aspects, Farm life, Farm management, Women in rural development

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Exploring rurality through 'community': discourses, practices and spaces shaping Australian and New Zealand rural 'communities'

Article Abstract:

A suggestion is made to broaden the scope of the concept of community to encompass both the socially and discursively diverse natures of rural societies, citing examples from rural areas in Australia and New Zealand. It is shown that rural residents continue to subscribe to and participate in community practices despite cultural or ethnic differences.

Social aspects, Analysis, Community, Country life, Rural areas

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Whither the lender of last resort? The rise and fall of public farm credit in Australia and New Zealand

Article Abstract:

The author discusses the decline of publicly financed agricultural credit programs in Australia and New Zealand, beginning in the early 1980s.

Planning, Agricultural credit

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