Politics in Place: Social Power Relations in an Australian Country Town
Cambridge University Press, 3/5/1992
EAN 9780521404266, ISBN10: 0521404266
Hardcover, 228 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Politics in Place focuses on political life in a typical Australian agricultural town. It examines the maintenance of a local political power structures through an analysis of the town's social processes and asociated ideologies. Dr Gray argues that local government does affect people's lives and discusses why it is that some people can use their local political system to their advantage while others remain unempowered. Unlike many earlier studies, Politics in Place does not rely on the identification of an elite group, nor does it merely describe static features of social stratification. Rather, it examines the historically based processes that have created the constraints which limit prospects for local people. The book will be of interest to anyone wishing to gain an insight into the workings of politics at local level.
List of figures, maps
1. Introduction
the origins of a study
2. Power
concepts and applications
3. A history of Cowra
4. Elitism and local government
5. Spatial politics
6. The politics of development
7. Gender, race and human services
8. The making of local politics
9. Ideologies and resources
10. Conclusion
the machinery of power
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.