Dividing Societies
The Socio‐Political Spatial Implications of Restructuring in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8384205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Stimson, Robert J Stimson (The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 198-216 |
| Publication date | 2001-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Geographical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9190 • E-ISSN: 1467-8470 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8470.00140 |
| OpenAlex | W2126636295 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
This paper reviews trends over the last two to three decades in the socio‐economic divisions in Australia, focusing on their spatial dimensions. It provides empirical evidence that our society is dividing on multiple dimensions – including shifts in industry and occupational structure, income distribution, the incidence of poverty. And it demonstrates that the differentiations across space in socio‐economic phenomena also have complex multiple dimensions, which are explained inadequately by a ‘city/bush’ dichotomy popularly espoused by politicians and reported in the media. Processes of globalisation, economic restructuring and employment shifts, and changing patterns of population movement are combining to create stark differentials between places both within the major cities as well as in regional Australia. As demonstrated by the recent One Nation phenomenon, voter backlash is strong, and it too has specific spatial characteristics
Backlash · Development economics · Distribution (mathematics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economic restructuring · Economics · Geography · Globalization · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Poverty · Restructuring · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Demography · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Rural development and sustainability · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.54 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2019 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |