http://hdl.handle.net/10453/275 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:54:13 GMT 2013-05-19T22:54:13Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/12906 The best of times, the worst of times: Community-sector advocacy in the age of 'compacts' Casey John; Dalton Bronwen The recent introduction of written 'compacts' between government and community services organisations (CSOs) in Australia offers the promise of meaningful co-production of policy. However, recent research has highlighted that many in the community sector continue to perceive that there are significant constraints on their capacity to engage in advocacy. This article examines the impact of the current governance regimes on the Australian community sector and explores the dimensions of these perceived constraints. The article argues that both government and community sectors must make concessions and adjustments. Governments must accept that the use of contracting monopolies to stifle advocacy has weakened their capacity to deliver responsive services, while community organisations must accept that new governance regimes require new modes of participation in the policy process. Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/12906 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11856 Detoxification, Displacement and Deferral. The Democratic Failures of GM Regulation Reynolds Rocque The implied promise of liberal democracies in a state of pluralism is that difference will be addressed. This article argues that this promise has not been met in the case of GM regulation, despite 30 years of discussion and debate. Rather than attribute this failure to the insurmountable logic of uncertainty, this article blames it on the strategies of detoxification, displacement and deferral employed by the legislature and the Gene Technology Regulator to avoid addressing substantive issues of social meaning in relation to GM technology. The article concludes that the Gene Technology Regulator has failed to fulfil the broad legislative mandate granted under the Gene Technology Act 2000 (Cth), thereby rendering the Regulator's position largely irrelevant. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11856 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11858 University-Community engagement: What does it mean? Onyx Jennifer I want to reflect on the nature of Community-University engagement, its role, challenges and achievements. In this I start with `engagement¿ and what that might mean in the context of a university-based research centre. There are, of course, many forms of engagement, but I wish to focus specifically on engagement as coproduction of knowledge. In this, our partner in the co-production of knowledge is the community, or rather civil society. I re-examine the nature of community, and the role of civil society in today¿s society. The article then outlines one significant research programme that emerged from the work of a university research centre, the Centre for Australian Community Organisations and Management (CACOM), at the University of Technology, Sydney. This research ¿ namely the story of social capital research ¿ was initiated by a request from community partners and was carried out in collaboration with them. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11858 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10420 Understanding and resolving the global problematique: assessing the balance between progressive and socially conservative foresight Slaughter Richard; Riedy Christopher This paper draws on research undertaken for the State of Play in the Futures Field (SoPiFF) project and aims to explore the contribution of futures work to understanding and resolving aspects of the global problematique and to examine the social interests evident in futures work. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10420 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z