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‘About Time the Regions Were Recognised’: interpreting region-building in Western Australia.
- Source :
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Australian Geographer . Sep2015, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p363-388. 26p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The region-building process in Western Australia is examined using Paasi's theoretical framework of ‘regional institutionalisation’. The paper examines the formalisation of the regions in Western Australia from the 1940s with the first attempts to regionalise the State, through to the recent political and policy shifts. A particular focus is given to the pivotal legislation passed in 1993 which created nine Regional Development Commissions, and the implications of the post-2008 Royalties for Regions program. The discussion examines the trajectory of the Western Australia regions through the lens of Paasi's model. The paper shows that the Regional Development Commissions have had a critical role in fulfilling the different stages of the model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *RURAL development
*REGIONAL planning
*COMMUNITY development
*REGIONAL programs
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00049182
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Australian Geographer
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109304044
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2015.1049242