Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7933
Title: Professional Services and Rural Services Poverty
Contributor(s): Martin, Paul  (author)orcid ; Williams, Jacqueline  (author)orcid ; Kennedy, Amanda L  (author)
Publication Date: 2011
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7933
Abstract: It is a fact that rural people suffer from professional services deprivation relative to their urban counterparts. Access to legal services is one form of this deprivation. Whilst often understood as a workforce problem, the issue has broader implications for the economic and social welfare of communities and the professionals who try to serve their needs. In particular the inability to access sufficient 'knowledge services' lies at the heart of many problems of rural social exclusion, the cost of which falls inevitably on those who are less mobile, or less capable of securing wealth. This paper takes a systemic look at rural professional services delivery, placing legal services in their larger context as part of the (often incomplete) professional network that supports communities. It outlines the systemic problem and aspects of the specific issues for rural professional services. It presents the results from a survey and a summit organised to discuss the issues that span various professions, and outlines some of the directions that the legal profession might take.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: National Rural Regional Law and Justice Conference, Warrnambool, Australia, 19th - 21st November, 2010
Source of Publication: Deakin Law Review, 16(1), p. 57-73
Publisher: Deakin University, School of Law
Place of Publication: Online
ISSN: 1835-9264
1321-3660
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 180111 Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 949999 Law, Politics and Community Services not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://www.deakin.edu.au/buslaw/law/rrjc/abstracts/martin.php
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