New Politics in the South Pacific - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Politics in the South Pacific write by Fay Alailima. This book was released on 1994. New Politics in the South Pacific available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Focusses on the newer forces on the political scene within the Pacific Islands, examining the evolving impact of women in politics and relations with the wider world.
France in the South Pacific
France in the South Pacific - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook France in the South Pacific write by Denise Fisher. This book was released on 2013-05-23. France in the South Pacific available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. France is a Pacific power, with three territories, a military presence, and extensive investments. Once seen by many as a colonial interloper in the South Pacific, by the early 2000s, after it ended nuclear testing in French Polynesia and negotiated transitional Accords responding to independence demands in New Caledonia, France seems to have become generally accepted as a regional partner, even if its efforts concentrate on its own territories rather than the independent island states. But Frances future in the region has yet to be secured. By 2014 it is to have handed over a set of agreed autonomies to the New Caledonian government, before an independence referendum process begins. Past experience suggests that a final resolution of the status of New Caledonia will be divisive and could lead once again to violent confrontations. In French Polynesia, calls continue for independence and for treatment under UN decolonisation procedures, which France opposes. Other island leaders are watching, so far putting faith in the Noumea Accord, but wary of the final stages. The issues and possible solutions are more complex than the French Pacific island population of 515,000 would suggest. Combining historical background with political and economic analysis, this comprehensive study offers vital insight into the intricate history -- and problematic future -- of several of Australias key neighbours in the Pacific and to the priorities and options of the European country that still rules them. It is aimed at policy-makers, scholars, journalists, businesspeople, and others who want to familiarise themselves with the issues as Frances role in the region is redefined in the years to come.
Politics, Development and Security in Oceania
Politics, Development and Security in Oceania - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Politics, Development and Security in Oceania write by David Hegarty. This book was released on 2013-04-01. Politics, Development and Security in Oceania available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "French and Australian collaborative research in the humanities and the social sciences in the South Pacific has grown and intensified significantly over the past two decades, beginning with the international symposium Changing Identities in the Pacific at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century held at the Australian Embassy in Paris in 1997 ... In April 2006, another French-government sponsored international symposium, AGORA (Ateliers Gouvernance et Recherche Appliquée) was held at IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Noumea, New Caledonia, major themes being governance and economic development, again bringing together Francophone and Anglophone scholars from France and the Pacific region. This was followed in October 2009 by two conjoint Francophone/Anglophone conferences, held at the IRD Centre in Noumea, Stability, Security and Development in Oceania, preceded by AGORA-2, an international conference on Anglophone research in the humanities and the social sciences in the Francophone Pacific, sponsored by the French Government and the Government of New Caledonia. The first of these conferences was sponsored by the French Fonds Pacifique and the State, Society and Governance Program at The Australian National University. An edited selection of presentations from this symposium constitutes the present volume."--Preface.
Political Parties in the Pacific Islands
Political Parties in the Pacific Islands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Political Parties in the Pacific Islands write by Roland Rich. This book was released on 2008-04-01. Political Parties in the Pacific Islands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "ANU E Press edition of work originally published by Pandanus Books. While political parties remain an indispensable institutional framework for representation and governance in a democracy, the democracies of many Pacific Islands nations are undermined by the weakness and inefficacy of their local political parties. Addressing the implications of the lack of established party systems across the Pacific, this collection seeks to illuminate the underlying assumptions and suppositions behind the importance of coherent and effective parties to overall democratic functioning Focusing on the political systems of East Timor, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa, the coherent structure of the volume makes it consistently useful as both an articulate analytical text and as a reference tool concerning the political composition, history and direction of Pacific states. Featuring contributions from scholars who are familiar names to even the most casual of Pacificists, Political Parties in the Pacific is the benchmark reference work on the political parties of the Pacific: an invaluable resource for students, scholars and researchers of the Pacific and international politics."--Provided by publisher.
Pacific Ways
Pacific Ways - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pacific Ways write by Stephen I. Levine. This book was released on 2009. Pacific Ways available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book provides a new and up-to-date look at the politics of Pacific Island countries and territories. When the South Pacific Forum held its first meeting in 1971 only seven member states participated - New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Nauru and the Cook Islands. Today this organisation, now known as the Pacific Islands Forum and no longer confined to the 'South Pacific', includes 16 member states as well as a handful of associate member and observer member countries and organisations. At the same time, the literature on the politics of the Pacific Islands remains much slimmer than for other regions. This book redresses this balance by providing the kind of information for the Pacific that is readily available for nations in other parts of the globe. This volume provides expert chapters examining the politics of each Pacific Island state and territory, discussing its historical background and colonial experience, its constitutional framework, political institutions, political parties, elections and electoral systems, and problems and prospects. The book is comprehensive, covering all regions - Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia - and all countries, irrespective of their size or political status. The states and territories covered range in size from Australia and Papua New Guinea, on the one hand, to Tokelau, Rapa Nui / Easter Island - best known for its remarkable statues - and Pitcairn, renowned for its history, the 'Bounty' mutiny the subject of literature and film. The independent countries discussed include Australia and New Zealand; Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji; Tonga, Samoa and Tuvalu; Niue and the Cook Islands, self-governing 'in free association' with New Zealand; Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands and Palau (Belau), independent 'in free association' with the United States; Kiribati and Nauru. The book also includes chapters about three island groups associated with France - French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna - as well territories affiliated to the United States - Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa." --Publisher.
