Globalisation and governance in the Pacific Islands / Editor: Stewart Firth.

Canberra : ANU E Press, 2006.

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Globalisation -- Oceania -- Congresses.

Oceania -- Politics and government -- Congresses.

1. Keynote address. From neo-liberalism to the new medievalism / John Rapley

2. Treading water in the rapids? Non-governmental organisations and resistance to neo-liberalism in Pacific Island states / Claire Slatter

3. Regionalism and cultural identity: putting the Pacific back into the plan / Elise Huffer

4. Migration, dependency and inequality in the Pacific: old wine in bigger bottles? (Part 1) / John Connell

5. Migration, dependency and inequality in the Pacific: old wine in bigger bottles? / John Connell

6. Globalisation, new labour migration and development in Fiji / Manoranjan Mohanty

7. Tonga only wants our money: the children of Tongan migrants / Helen Lee

8. Labour mobility in the Pacific: creating seasonal work programs in Australia / Nic Maclellan and Peter Mares

9. Contemporary migration within the Pacific Islands; the case of Fijian skilled workers in Kiribati and Marshall Islands / Avelina Rokoduru

10. Fiji: sugar and sweatshirts, migrants and remittances / Kate Hannan

11. End of the line? Globalisation and Fiji's garment industry / Donovan Storey

12. Global capital and local ownership in Solomon Islands' forestry industry / Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka

13. Mining, social change and corporate social responsibility: drawing lines in the Papua New Guinea mud / Glenn Banks

14. The resource curse and governance: a Papua New Guinea perspective / Mel Togolo

15. Keynote address. Governance in Fiji: the interplay between indigenous tradition, culture and politics / Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi

16. The state of the State in Fiji: some failings in the periphery / Vijay Naidu

17. Power sharing in Fiji and New Caledonia / Joh Fraenkel

18. More than 20 years of political stability in Samoa under the Human Rights Protection Party / Asofou So'o

19. Matai titles and modern corruption in Samoa: costs, expectations and consequences for families and society / A. Morgan Tuimaleali' ifano

20. Keynote address. Keeping the information flow open: a key condition for good government in Micronesia / Father Francis X. Hezel

21. Governance, globalisation and the PNG media: a survival dilemma / Joe R. Kanekane

22. Democracy in Papua New Guinea: challenges from a rights-based approach / Orovu Sepoe

23. Governance and livelihood realities in Solomon Islands / Morgan Wairiu.

"The State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project at the Australian National University organised a conference on globalisation and governance in the Pacific Islands in October 2005, and this ... brings together the papers"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

South Pacific Collection.

1920942971

[viii], 427 p. ; 25 cm