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Enabling Emergence: The Bentley Blockade and the Struggle for a Gasfield Free Northern Rivers

On June 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment · In Journal Articles, Publications

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Investment Risk: An Amplification Tool for Social Movement Campaigns Globally and Locally

On December 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Commentary, Journal Articles, Publications

The global social movement that has arisen in response to the threat of carbon-induced climate change is a very complex and amorphous movement that operates simultaneously at a global as well as at an intensely local level. Whilst acknowledging the global complexity and significance of the social movements that have coalesced around the issue of climate change, the purpose of this paper will be to examine emerging corporate campaigning models that have been employed in global campaigns and to examine ways in which these techniques can be effectively deployed in local grass roots campaigns. The specific context of this study is the movement opposed to coal seam gas exploration and mining in Australia, concentrating on a specific case study of the community opposition that has so far effectively delayed the operations of coal seam gas companies in the Northern Rivers region of NSW.

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The Activist’s Handbook

On February 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Books

A step-by-step guide to participatory democracy

Aidan Ricketts

‘The Activists’ Handbook’ is a powerful guide to grassroots activism. A priceless resource for everyone ready to make a difference, environmental activist Aidan Ricketts offers a step-by-step handbook for citizens eager to start or get involved in grass-roots movements and beyond.

Providing all […]

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Encouraging student collaboration and engagement online: showcase of online course design

On February 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Conference Publications

Ricketts, A 2010, ‘Encouraging student collaboration and engagement online: showcase of online course design’, paper presented to Edulink-SideCAP Final Dissemination Event, Suva, Fiji, 8-12 February, 2010.

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Teaching constitutional law to Fiji students: law order and the rule of what?

On February 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Conference Publications

Ricketts, A 2009, ‘Teaching constitutional law to Fiji students: law order and the rule of what?’, paper presented to The Doctor as GOD, The Corporation as QUEEN, What about the Country: 64th Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, Paramatta, NSW, 5-8 July, 2009.

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