Research on Governance in Weak States in Melanesia
Author : Peter Larmour
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Page : 8 pages
File Size : 21,25 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Melanesia
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Author : Peter Larmour
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Page : 8 pages
File Size : 21,25 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Melanesia
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Author : P. Tepahae
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Page : pages
File Size : 50,45 MB
Release : 1997
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Author : State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project
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Page : 12 pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 2005
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Author : Bronwen Douglas
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Page : 10 pages
File Size : 14,26 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Christianity
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Author : Stewart Firth
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 32,27 MB
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 192094298X
"The Pacific Islands are feeling the effects of globalisation. Free trade in sugar and garments is threatening two of Fiji's key industries. At the same time other opportunities are emerging. Labour migration is growing in importance, and Pacific governments are calling for more access to Australia's labour market. Fiji has joined Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Kiribati as a remittance economy, with thousands of its citizens working overseas. Meantime, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands grapple with an older kind of globalisation in which overseas companies exploit mineral and forest resources. The Pacific Islands confront unique problems of governance in this era of globalisation. The modern, democratic state often fits awkwardly with traditional ways of doing politics in that part of the world. Just as often, politicians in the Pacific exploit tradition or invent it to serve modern political purposes. The contributors to this volume examine Pacific globalisation and governance from a wide range of perspectives. They come from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Hawai'i, the Federated States of Micronesia, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand and Jamaica as well as Australia."--Publisher's description.
Author : Sinclair Dinnen
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,63 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Solomon Islands
ISBN : 9780731538188
Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands examines a crisis moment in recent Solomon Islands history. Contributors examine what happened when unrest engulfed the capital of the small Melanesian country in the aftermath of the 2006 national elections, and consider what these events show about the Solomon Islands political system, the influence of Asian interests in business and politics, and why the crisis is best understood in the context of the country's volatile blend of traditional and modern politics. Until the disturbances of April 2006 and subsequent deterioration in bilateral relations between Australia and Solomon Islands under the Sogavare government, experts had hailed the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) as an unqualified success. Some saw it as a model for 'cooperative intervention' in 'failing states' worldwide. Following these developments success seems less certain and aspects of the RAMSI model appear flawed. Using the case of Solomon Islands, this book raises fundamental questions about the nature of 'cooperative intervention' as a vehicle for state building, asking whether it should be construed as a mainly technical endeavour or whether it is unavoidably a political undertaking with political consequences. Providing a critical but balanced analysis, Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands has important implications for the wider debate about international state-building interventions in 'failed' and 'failing' states.
Author : David Hegarty
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Page : pages
File Size : 30,52 MB
Release : 2004
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Author : John Idriss Lahai
Publisher : Springer
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 28,89 MB
Release : 2018-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3319907492
The book examines the various ways that fragile states (or states with limited statehood) in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas have adopted, and adapted to, the processes of liberal political governance in their quests to address the problem of political fragility. It presents the stories of resilience in the political adaptation to Western liberal conceptions of governance. In addition to singular or comparative country case studies, this project also examines the interplay of culture, identities, and politics in the creation of people-centric governance reforms. Towards these ends, this volume sheds light on weak states’ often constructive engagement in the promotion of state governance with a variety of political conditions, adverse or otherwise; and their ability to remain resilient despite the complex political, sociocultural, and economic challenges affecting them. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the authors aim to counter the noticeable shortcomings in the discursive representations of fragility, and to contribute a more balanced examination of the narratives about and impact of political adaption and governance in people’s lives and experiences.
Author : Peter Dauvergne
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Page : 214 pages
File Size : 39,13 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9781863739832
A critical examination of the concepts of weak and strong states within a state-in-society approach, based on a 1997 workshop at the Australian National University.
Author : Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka
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Page : 84 pages
File Size : 39,60 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Ethnic conflict
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