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Melanesian Politics
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Author : Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies
language : en
Publisher: [email protected]
Release Date : 1995
Melanesian Politics written by Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies and has been published by [email protected] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Political Science categories.
Vanuatu's politics reflect cultural diversity, colonial history and personal differences. Chapters cover history, the 1991 election, politicians, electoral constituencies and political issues
Melanesian Politics
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Author : Howard Van Trease
language : en
Publisher: [email protected]
Release Date : 1995
Melanesian Politics written by Howard Van Trease and has been published by [email protected] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Elections categories.
Vanuatu's politics reflect cultural diversity, colonial history and personal differences. Chapters cover history, the 1991 election, politicians, electoral constituencies and political issues.
Colonialism Development And Independence
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Author : H. C. Brookfield
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1972-11-23
Colonialism Development And Independence written by H. C. Brookfield and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972-11-23 with History categories.
This 1972 book takes Western Pacific island territories as a case study in the behavioural understanding of colonialism. It is argued that colonialism has many forms, and is not ended with the lowering of the metropolitan flag. It represents a conflict of systems, as worldwide forces impinge on local systems and seek to bring them into an essentially dependent relationship with metropolitan centres. The drive for independence is seen as the opposition to these forces, beginning with resistance to invasion, continuing through efforts to adapt the innovations and manage their impact, and going on to modern forms of political and economic nationalism. The book is based on field work and documentary research extending more than ten years; the emphasis on field evidence is unusual in a book of this nature.
Politics And State Building In Solomon Islands
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Author : Sinclair Dinnen
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2008-05-01
Politics And State Building In Solomon Islands written by Sinclair Dinnen and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-01 with Political Science categories.
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.
Melanesian Lites And Modern Politics In New Caledonia And Vanuatu
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Author : Eric Wittersheim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Melanesian Lites And Modern Politics In New Caledonia And Vanuatu written by Eric Wittersheim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Elite (Social sciences) categories.
Guardians Of Marovo Lagoon
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Author : Edvard Hviding
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1996-05-01
Guardians Of Marovo Lagoon written by Edvard Hviding and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-05-01 with Social Science categories.
“This is perhaps the best monograph on how Pacific islanders relate to their marine resources since Robert Johannes’s Words of the Lagoon: Fishing and Marine Lore in the Palau District of Melanesia (1981), and it stands as a major contribution to the study of indigenous marine tenure systems that should be required reading for everyone concerned with the issue of allocating marine resources.” —American Anthropologist Pacific Islands Monograph Series No. 14 Published in association with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Morning Star Rising
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Author : Camellia Webb-Gannon
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2021-06-30
Morning Star Rising written by Camellia Webb-Gannon and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-30 with Political Science categories.
That Indonesia’s ongoing occupation of West Papua continues to be largely ignored by world governments is one of the great moral and political failures of our time. West Papuans have struggled for more than fifty years to find a way through the long night of Indonesian colonization. However, united in their pursuit of merdeka (freedom) in its many forms, what holds West Papuans together is greater than what divides them. Today, the Morning Star glimmers on the horizon, the supreme symbol of merdeka and a cherished sign of hope for the imminent arrival of peace and justice to West Papua. Morning Star Rising: The Politics of Decolonization in West Papua is an ethnographically framed account of the long, bitter fight for freedom that challenges the dominant international narrative that West Papuans' quest for political independence is fractured and futile. Camellia Webb-Gannon’s extensive interviews with the decolonization movement’s original architects and its more recent champions shed light on complex diasporic and intergenerational politics as well as social and cultural resurgence. In foregrounding West Papuans’ perspectives, the author shows that it is the body politic’s unflagging determination and hope, rather than military might or influential allies, that form the movement’s most unifying and powerful force for independence. This book examines the many intertwining strands of decolonization in Melanesia. Differences in cultural performance and political diversity throughout the region are generating new, fruitful trajectories. Simultaneously, Black and Indigenous solidarity and a shared Melanesian identity have forged a transnational grassroots power-base from which the movement is gaining momentum. Relevant beyond its West Papua focus, this book is essential reading for those interested in Pacific studies, Native and Indigenous studies, development studies, activism, and decolonization.
Vanuatu
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Author : Michael R. Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Vanuatu written by Michael R. Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Social Science categories.
Nation Making
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Author : Robert John Foster
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1997
Nation Making written by Robert John Foster and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Examines the process of nation making in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu
Being Political
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Author : Jack Corbett
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2015-01-31
Being Political written by Jack Corbett and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-31 with Political Science categories.
Politicians everywhere tend to attract cynicism and inspire disillusionment. They are supposed to epitomize the promise of democratic government and yet invariably find themselves cast as the enemy of every virtue that system seeks to uphold. In the Pacific, "politician" has become a byword for corruption, graft, and misconduct. This was not always the case—the independence generation is still remembered as strong leaders—but today's leaders are commonly associated with malaise and despair. Once heroes of self-determination, politicians are now the targets of donor attempts to institute "good governance," while Fiji's 2006 coup was partly justified on the grounds that they needed "cleaning up." But who are these much-maligned figures? How did they come to arrive in politics? What is it like to be a politician? Why do they enter, stay, and leave? Drawing on more than 110 interviews and other published sources, including autobiographies and biographies, Being Political provides a collective portrait of the region's political elite. This is an insider account of political life in the Pacific as seen through the eyes of those who have done the job. We learn that politics is a messy, unpredictable, and, at times, dirty business that nonetheless inspires service and sacrifice. We come to understand how being a politician has changed since independence and consider what this means for how we think about issues of corruption and misconduct. We find that politics is deeply embedded in the lives of individuals, families, and communities; an account that belies the common characterization of democracy in the Pacific as a "façade" or "foreign flower." Ultimately, this is a sympathetic counter-narrative to the populist critique. We come to know politicians as people with hopes and fears, pains and pleasures, vices and virtues. A reminder that politicians are human—neither saints nor sinners—is timely given the wave of cynicism and disaffection. As such, this book is a must read for all those who believe in the promise of representative government.