The economic geography of Australia and its analysis: from industrial to post-industrial regions
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2012
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Beer, A.
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Geographical Research, 2012; 50(3):269-281
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Andrew Beer
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The Australian economy has experienced profound change over the last five decades, moving from an industrial to a post-industrial structure. This transformation has had far-reaching implications for the nature of economic activity in Australia and has provided the backdrop for the evolving analysis of the nation’s space economy. The paper argues that three interrelated themes underpin much of the work of economic geographers in Australia: the impacts of globalisation on Australia’s space economy; neoliberalism and the governance of regions; and policy-focused analysis of regions, their history and prospects. The paper concludes that economic geography will continue to make important intellectual and practical contributions to Australia in the near future as the reshaping of the Australian economy continues and as new challenges reshape the nation’s regions.
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© 2012 The Author. Geographical Research © 2012 Institute of Australian Geographers