State, Society and Governance in Melanesia
Author : State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project
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Page : 12 pages
File Size : 11,28 MB
Release : 2005
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Author : State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project
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Page : 12 pages
File Size : 11,28 MB
Release : 2005
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Author : P. Tepahae
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File Size : 47,63 MB
Release : 1997
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Features the State Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM) Project of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies of the Australian National University, which aims to increase understanding of the crises in state, society, and governance in Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, and Fiji.
Author : Stewart Firth
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 21,92 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 : David Hegarty
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Page : pages
File Size : 16,59 MB
Release : 2004
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Author : State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project
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Page : pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Melanesia
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Author : Stewart Firth.
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Page : 427 pages
File Size : 22,21 MB
Release : 2006
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Author : Peter Larmour
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Page : 8 pages
File Size : 34,48 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Melanesia
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Page : 68 pages
File Size : 12,20 MB
Release : 2014
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Author : Sinclair Dinnen
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 21,13 MB
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1921313668
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.