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Author | : Serge Tcherkézoff |
Publisher | : ANU E Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2008-12-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1921536152 |
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The texts collected in this volume take an anthropological approach to the variety of contemporary societal problems which confront the peoples of the contemporary South Pacific: religious revival, the sociology of relations between local groups, regions and nation-States, the problem of culture areas, the place of democracy in the transition of States founded on sacred chiefdoms, the role of ceremonial exchanges in a market economy, and so forth. Each chapter presents a society seen from a specific point of view, but always with reference to the issue of collective identity and its confrontation with history and change. The collection thus invites the reader to understand how the inhabitants of these societies seek to affirm both an individual identity and a sense of belonging to the contemporary world. In doing so, it informs the reader about the contemporary realities experienced by the inhabitants of the South Pacific, with a view to contributing to an intercultural dialogue between the reader and these inhabitants.
Author | : Fay Alailima |
Publisher | : [email protected] |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Manners and customs |
ISBN | : 9789820201156 |
Download New Politics in the South Pacific Book 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.
Author | : Sue Farran |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2009-01-15 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1135392307 |
Download Human Rights in the South Pacific Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book looks at the challenges and contemporary issues raised by human rights in the island countries of the South West Pacific which have come under the influence of common law. The main topic interacts with a range of others such as constitutions, legal institutions and structures, social organization, culture and custom, tradition and change, especially in the Pacific region where the legal systems are complex and perceptions of what rights are or should be varies widely.
Author | : Serge Tcherkézoff |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
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This collection invites the reader to understand how the inhabitants of South Pacific societies seek to affirm both an individual identity and a sense of belonging to the contemporary world. Taking an anthropological approach, a variety of contemporary societal problems which confront the peoples of the contemporary South Pacific are discussed.
Author | : Jon Barnett |
Publisher | : Earthscan |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1849774897 |
Download Climate Change and Small Island States Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause c?l?bre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow.This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scientifically powerful countries appropriate the issue of island vulnerability in ways that do not do justice to the lives of island people. It argues that the ways in which islands and their inhabitants are represented in climate science and politics seldom leads to meaningful responses to assist them to adapt to climate change. Throughout, the authors focus on the hitherto largely ignored social impacts of climate change, and demonstrate that adaptation and mitigation policies cannot be effective without understanding the social systems and values of island societies.
Author | : Bruce Burson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Climatic changes |
ISBN | : 9781877347405 |
Download Climate Change and Migration Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Many South Pacific island states are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Indeed, some are already experiencing population movement due to environmental events and processes likely to be exacerbated by future climate change. Yet others are at risk of disappearing altogether over the coming century and beyond. The potential for climate change to generate population movement over thecoming decades, therefore, raises substantial domestic and international policy challenges. This edited volume is the result of a conference held in Wellington in July 2009 that examined these and related issues. Drawing on a range of perspectives, this volume identifies concepts, frameworks, and possible policy responses to deal effectively with what may become one of the greatest humanitarian challengesof the 21st century.
Author | : R. G. Crocombe |
Publisher | : [email protected] |
Total Pages | : 652 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Asia |
ISBN | : 9789820203884 |
Download Asia in the Pacific Islands Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"A spectacular transition is under way in the Pacific Islands, as a result of which all our lives will be radically different. In the last fifty years or so, Asia has begun to play a bigger and bigger role in all aspects of Islands life - migration, trade and investment, aid and development, information and media, religion, culture and sport. It is replacing the West. The process is irreversible. With his trademark breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding of the region, based on over half a century of experience, study and deliberation, Ron Crocombe documents the early connections between Asia and the Pacific, details recent and continuing changes, and poses challenging theories about the future."--Publisher.
Author | : Greg Fry |
Publisher | : ANU Press |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2015-12-17 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 192502282X |
Download The New Pacific Diplomacy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Since 2009 there has been a fundamental shift in the way that the Pacific Island states engage with regional and world politics. The region has experienced, what Kiribati President Anote Tong has aptly called, a ‘paradigm shift’ in ideas about how Pacific diplomacy should be organised, and on what principles it should operate. Many leaders have called for a heightened Pacific voice in global affairs and a new commitment to establishing Pacific Island control of this diplomatic process. This change in thinking has been expressed in the establishment of new channels and arenas for Pacific diplomacy at the regional and global levels and new ways of connecting the two levels through active use of intermediate diplomatic associations. The New Pacific Diplomacy brings together a range of analyses and perspectives on these dramatic new developments in Pacific diplomacy at sub-regional, regional and global levels, and in the key sectors of global negotiation for Pacific states – fisheries, climate change, decolonisation, and trade.
Author | : Denise Fisher |
Publisher | : ANU E Press |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2013-05-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1922144959 |
Download France in the South Pacific Book 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.
Author | : Robert W. Kirk |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2012-11-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786492988 |
Download Paradise Past Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the 400 years from Magellan's entrance into Pacific waters to 1920, the lives of the people of the South Pacific were utterly transformed. Exotic diseases from Europe and America, particularly the worldwide influenza pandemic, were deadly for islanders. Ardent missionaries changed the belief systems and lives of nearly all Polynesians, Aborigines, and those Papuans and Melanesians living in areas accessible to westerners. By 1920 every island and atoll in the South Seas had been claimed as a colony or protectorate of a power such as Britain, France or the United States. Factors aiding this imperial sweep included European outposts such as Sydney, advances in maritime technology, the work of missionaries, a desire to profit from the area's relatively sparse resources, and international rivalry that led to the scramble for colonies. The coming of westerners, as this book points out, was not entirely negative, as head-hunting, cannibalism, chronic warfare, human sacrifice, and other practices were diminished--but whole cultures were irreversibly changed or even eradicated.