Lockie, Stewart (2004) Book reviews of "Reinventing the Common: cross-boundary farming for a sustainable future" by S. Williamson et al. Annandale, NSW, The Federation Press, 2003. ISBN: 1-86287-436-0 and "Managing Australia's Environment" edited by S. Dovers and S. River. Annandale, NSW, The Federation Press, 2003. ISBN: 1-86287-447-6. Rural Society, 14 (1). pp. 76-79.

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Abstract

Reinventing the common and Managing Australia's environment are both products of Land and Water Australia's (formerly the Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation) Social and Institutional Research Program (SIRP). This is not insignificant. The SIRP has been dedicated since its inception in 1999 to researching the facilitation of effective participation in community-based natural resource management (NRM) programs; the characteristics of effective institutional arrangements for NRM; the use and evaluation of decision-making frameworks and tools for NRM; and the skills necessary for effective multidisciplinary research on natural resource issues. The products of this research have squarely been targeted at policy-makers, advisors and community groups. Irrespective of the merits, or otherwise, of SIRP and the priorities it has addressed, the framework that these have established must be considered when evaluating the particular contribution of these two books, both of which are concerned, in very different ways, with institutional arrangements for NRM.

Item ID:	31143
Item Type:	Article (Book Review)
ISSN:	1037-1656
Additional Information:	Two titles have been reviewed: "Reinventing the Common: cross-boundary farming for a sustainable future" by S. Williamson et al. Annandale, NSW, The Federation Press, 2003. ISBN: 1-86287-436-0 "Managing Australia's Environment" edited by S. Dovers and S. River. Annandale, NSW, The Federation Press, 2003. ISBN: 1-86287-447-6
Date Deposited:	24 Jan 2017 01:58
FoR Codes:	16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1608 Sociology > 160801 Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation and Social Impact Assessment @ 50% 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1608 Sociology > 160804 Rural Sociology @ 50%
SEO Codes:	96 ENVIRONMENT > 9605 Ecosystem Assessment and Management > 960504 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments @ 40% 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9609 Land and Water Management > 960904 Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Land Management @ 30% 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9607 Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards > 960705 Rural Land Policy @ 30%
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