Conflict and Resource Development in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea

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• The Southern Highlands is one of Papua New Guinea's most resource-rich provinces, but for a number of years the province has been riven by conflict. L... Lees meer

The Boy from Boort

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• Hank Nelson was an academic, film-maker, teacher, graduate supervisor and university administrator. His career at The Australian National University (... Lees meer

The General's Goose

Robbie Robertson

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• His admirers said he was a charismatic leader with a dazzling smile, a commoner following an ancient tradition of warrior service on behalf of an indi... Lees meer

A New Era?

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• Timor-Leste has made impressive progress since its historic achievement of independence in 2002. From the instability that blighted its early years, t... Lees meer

Globalisation and Governance in the Pacific Islands

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• 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 sam... Lees meer

Political Life Writing in the Pacific

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• This book aims to reflect on the experiential side of writing political lives in the Pacific region. The collection touches on aspects of the life wri... Lees meer

War and Other Means

Michel Naepels

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• War and Other Means describes and analyses the practices of war, the 'objects of war' and the conventions of the use of violence in Houaïlou, New Cale... Lees meer

Civic Insecurity

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• Papua New Guinea has a complex 'law and order' problem and an entrenched epidemic of HIV. This book explores their interaction. It also probes their j... Lees meer

Bearing Witness

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• ""Brij V. Lal is a singular scholar. His work has spanned disciplines-from history to politics-and genres-from conventional monograph history, to part... Lees meer

Kastom, property and ideology

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• The relationship between customary land tenure and 'modern' forms of landed property has been a major political issue in the 'Spearhead' states of Mel... Lees meer

Solomon Islanders in World War II

Anna Annie Kwai

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• The Solomon Islands Campaign of World War II has been the subject of many published historical accounts. Most of these accounts present an 'outsider' ... Lees meer

The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji

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• This book explores the factors behind - and the implications of - the 2006 coup. It brings together contributions from leading scholars, local persona... Lees meer

A Time Bomb Lies Buried

Brij V Lal

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• A Time Bomb Lies Buried discusses the debates which took place in Suva and London as well as the politics and processes which led Fiji to independence... Lees meer

A Mission Divided

Kirstie Close-Barry

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• This book provides insight into the long process of decolonisation within the Methodist Overseas Missions of Australasia, a colonial institution that ... Lees meer

Politics, Development and Security in Oceania

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• The chapters in this volume canvass political change and development across the Pacific Islands from a variety of perspectives, each contributing to t... Lees meer

Policy Making and Implementation

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• There is a vast literature on the principles of public administration and good governance, and no shortage of theoreticians, practitioners and donors ... Lees meer

Election 2007

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• Papua New Guinea's general election in 2007 attracted particular interest for several reasons. Not only did it follow what was widely acknowledged as ... Lees meer