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dc.contributor.authorMcKenzie, Fiona Haslam
dc.contributor.authorTonts, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:40:47Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:40:47Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:21:46Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationTonts, Matthew and McKenzie, Fiona Haslam. 2005. Neoliberalism and changing regional policy in Australia. International Planning Studies 10 (3-4): 183-200.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34039
dc.description.abstract

This paper examines the role of neoliberalism in shaping Australian federal regional development policy over the past three decades. As in other parts of the world, since the 1980s Australian federal governments have tended to favour the role of market forces, as opposed to direct intervention in regional development. By the 1990s, however, the negative social and economic impacts of neoliberal approaches, together with a widespread electoral backlash, contributed to an adjustment in the direction of regional development policy. We argue that this transition is reflective of a wider shift in neoliberal politics, whereby limited government intervention and institution building are increasingly seen as appropriate policy responses. While in part this is linked to the shortcomings of previous policy approaches, it is also apparent that political opportunism is an important element of this shift.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.urihttp://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/13563470500378861
dc.subjectgovernment policy
dc.subjectneoliberalism
dc.subjectregional development
dc.titleNeoliberalism and changing regional policy in Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume10
dcterms.source.number3-4
dcterms.source.startPage183
dcterms.source.endPage200
dcterms.source.titleInternational Planning Studies
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This is an electronic version of an article published as Mckenzie, Fiona and Tonts, Matthew (2005) Neoliberalism and changing regional policy in Australia, International Planning Studies 10(3-4):183-200. International Planning Studies is available online at <a href="http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/13563470500378861">http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/13563470500378861</a>

curtin.departmentAustralian Housing and Urban Research Institute (National Centre)
curtin.identifierEPR-638
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyChancellory


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