Introduction: Rural and Regional Futures: an Introduction (Anthony Hogan and Michelle Young) Part One: Background: Structuring Policy 1. Regional Policy in Australia since World War II (Paul Collits) 2. From State Direction to Community Self-Efficacy (Geoff Cockfield) 3. Australian Agricultural and Rural Policy since World War II (Erin Smith and Bill Pritchard) 4. Natural Resource Management in Australia (Rebeka Tennent and Stewart Lockie) 5. Dams, Pumps, Pipes and Dreams (Kirsten Henderson) Part Two: Policy-specific Issues 6. Population, Policy and Regional Development (Catherine Gross) 7. The Commonwealth's Policies and Aboriginal People in Regional Australia (Janet Hunt) 8. Education in Rural Australia (Philip Roberts) 9. Commonwealth Employment and Welfare Policies in Post-war Regional Australia (Sharon Wheller) 10. Youth Policy (Sean MacDermott and Susan Taylor) 11. The Impact of Policy Development on Women in Rural and Regional Australia (Margaret Alston) 12. Three Decades of Rural Health (Gordon Gregory) 13. Rural Research and Regional Innovation (Richard Price) Part Three: Emerging Issues in Rural and Regional Policy 14. Assessing Adaptability in Regional Economies (Kim Houghton and Thomas Fell) 15. Localism and the Socio-Economic Viability of Rural and Regional Australia (Anthony Hogan, Jen Cleary, Stewart Lockie, Michelle Young and Katherine Daniell) 16. Development of Mining-affected Regions (Jo Everingham and Daniel Franks) 17. Understanding the Aspirations of People Living in Rural and Regional Australia (Catherine Gross) Part Four: Looking to the Future 18. Country Futures (Anthony Hogan and Michelle Young) 19. Reclaiming livelihoods (Anthony Hogan, Bruce Wilson, Douglas Baker, Lorelle Burton, Laurie Buys, and Michael Cuthill)