Responsible agents: Responsibility and the changing relationship between farmers and the State

Abstract

This article examines the role of responsibility in the development and negotiation of the citizen–State relationship. A case study of dairy farmers in New South Wales, illustrates that a contradiction exists in the ways responsibility is employed by both citizens and the State which contributes to resistance to policies. This suggests that acknowledging farmers’ perceptions of responsibility will assist in explaining responses by farmers and regional communities to policy initiatives. One way this may be overcome is through the employment of the concepts of co-responsibility and institutional responsibility.

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