State and society in Papua New Guinea : the first twenty-five years /

This volume brings together a number of papers written by the author between 1971 and 2001 which address issues of political and economic development and social change in Papua New Guinea.

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Main Author: May, R. J. (Ronald James), 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Canberra, ACT : Australian National University E Press, ©2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Papua New Guinea at twenty-five
  • Port Moresby and the bush: Papua New Guinea's first post-independence decade
  • Political style in modern Melanesia
  • Micronationalism in Papua New Guinea
  • The Political Education Programme
  • Class, ethnicity, regionalism and political parties
  • Decentralisation: constitutional form and political reality
  • Decentralisation: two steps forward, one step back
  • (Re?)Discovering Chiefs: Traditional authority and the restructuring of local-level government in Papua New Guinea
  • The PNGDF in troubled times
  • The military factor in the events of March 1997
  • Challenging the State
  • The Bougainville Crisis
  • 'Mutual respect, friendship and cooperation'? The Papua New Guinea-Indonesia border and its effect on relations between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
  • From promise to crisis: a political economy of Papua New Guinea
  • State, society and governance: A Philippines-Papua New Guinea comparison
  • Nugget, Pike, et al.: The role of the Reserve Bank of Australia in Papua New Guinea's decolonisation
  • Nationalism and Papua New Guinea writing.