"State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program Studies in State and Society in the Pacific, No 1."

"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.

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.

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