Australia Towards 2000
Australia Towards 2000

Author: Brian Hocking

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1990-06-18

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1349107859

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This book sets out to explore contemporary life in Australia, looking also at the future of the continent, and covering topics ranging from its history, culture, religion, values and ecological perspectives to its economy and politics.

(Dis)Placing Empire
(Dis)Placing Empire

Author: Michael M. Roche

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1351963295

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Illustrated with case studies of British colonialism in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Ireland and New Zealand in the later nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the book uncovers the complex and unstable spaces of meaning which were central to the experience of emigrants, settlers, expatriates and indigenous peoples at different time/place moments under British rule.

Preserving Rural Australia
Preserving Rural Australia

Author: A Robertson

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 0643105956

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Scientific knowledge alone will not help countries achieve sustainable management of land, water and biota. Everyone now realises that a partnership is needed between land and water users, scientists, managers and the community if countries are to achieve the goal of preserving rural resources. This book deals with broad issues relating to resource decline and how different groups such as farmers, rural town dwellers, resource managers and government deal with these issues from social, economic and ecological points of view.

'Just' a Fisherman’s Wife
'Just' a Fisherman’s Wife

Author: Jane Dowling

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2011-05-25

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1443830488

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This book provides a unique exposé of women in family businesses in the Australian commercial fishing industry and explores their visibility, contributions, barriers and opportunities for participation, and knowledge. Recognising the need to move beyond an exploration of women’s ‘roles,’ this book applies a detailed, well articulated and sophisticated feminist post structural approach which explores women’s identity, power/knowledge and positioning in relation to the current industry climate, in the context of discourses of ‘crisis’ and ‘sustainability.’ This is particularly pertinent with climate change looming as the next industry ‘crisis.’ As such, this book has significant interdisciplinary appeal, and will benefit feminist, gender, natural resource management and fisheries scholars and policy makers. Ultimately, it is hoped that this book will have a substantial impact on industry women in both Australia and elsewhere, and reduce their marginalisation; increase awareness about their contributions; and result in greater opportunities to voice their unique knowledge on social issues with a view to enhancing industry sustainability.

Entrepreneurs in Family Business Dynasties
Entrepreneurs in Family Business Dynasties

Author: Laura Hougaz

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-02-23

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 3319139185

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This book is a longitudinal story of seven Italian-Australian family business dynasties, spanning over a hundred years across three generations, and starting with the founding generation who migrated to Australia in the first half of the 20th century. With hard work and sacrifices, they set the foundations of a long-lasting family culture, and the values that form the glue of a multigenerational family business. The book focuses on the personal, family, and business values that keep family members, across generations, continuing to engage together and successfully, as a family and a business. The book elaborates on the complexity of ‘what is a family business’, what it represents for the generational members that are part of it, how these family businesses have emerged, consolidated and expanded, and finally, how they continue to survive into the third generation, enabling the dynasty to flourish.