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Author : Peter Larmour
Publisher : Asia Pacific Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UCSD:31822025569575
Author : Binayak Ray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Oceania
ISBN : UOM:39015040588009
Author : Stewart Firth
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781920942984
"The Pacific Islands are feeling the effects of globalisation. Free trade in sugar and garments is threatening two of Fiji's key industries. At the same time other opportunities are emerging. Labour migration is growing in importance, and Pacific governments are calling for more access to Australia's labour market. Fiji has joined Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Kiribati as a remittance economy, with thousands of its citizens working overseas. Meantime, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands grapple with an older kind of globalisation in which overseas companies exploit mineral and forest resources. The Pacific Islands confront unique problems of governance in this era of globalisation. The modern, democratic state often fits awkwardly with traditional ways of doing politics in that part of the world. Just as often, politicians in the Pacific exploit tradition or invent it to serve modern political purposes. The contributors to this volume examine Pacific globalisation and governance from a wide range of perspectives. They come from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Hawai'i, the Federated States of Micronesia, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand and Jamaica as well as Australia."--Publisher's description.
Author : Anita Jowitt,Tess Newton Cain
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781921666896
Numerous issues face Pacific states trying to find their way in the early 21st century. Countries are striving to secure the benefits of modernisation. Governance, law and order are needed to reach such a goal, but development cannot be at the price of culture or the environment. The question of how to develop and maintain sound legal systems and legal rules whilst maintaining the unique cultural heritages within the Pacific is a challenge with no easy answer. This interdisciplinary collection locates issues of law and governance within the particular socio-political context of the Pacific island region, presenting sociological, anthropological and political insights alongside jurisprudential analysis. Key issues including corruption, the role of customary law in modern legal systems, the place of human rights in the Pacific, environmental issues and the structure of the state are explored from a variety of perspectives.
Author : Peter Larmour
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824874568
Wide ranging and cross-disciplinary in its approach, Foreign Flowers focuses on the process of policy transfer in the Pacific and the use of power to achieve it. Many governing institutions in the region have been borrowed, transplanted, or imposed by colonial rule or military intervention from outside. The book attempts to answer several key questions: Where do the governing institutions originate and why are so many of them based on Western models? Why have some transfers succeeded while others have not? What are the effects of transfers? What has been the fate of a particular institution, "the state?" How does "culture" affect the transfer of (and resistance to) institutions? Early chapters identify institutional transfer as a persistent theme in the study of the Pacific, reflected in ideas like cargo cults, homegrown constitutions, invented traditions, and weak states. The author analyzes about forty cases of institutional transfer, beginning with Tonga's borrowing of foreign institutions in the nineteenth century and ending with current attempts to induce island states to regulate their offshore financial centers. He goes on to distinguish factors that determine whether transfer took place, including timing, social conditions, and sympathy with local values. He looks at the kinds of power and coercion being deployed in transfer and at how transfers have been evaluated by their sponsors: domestic reformers, aid donors, international financial institutions, and their consultants and academic advisers.
Author : Graham Hassall
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789736151
This book is a comparative study of government and public policy in the twenty small states of the Pacific Islands, examining the often tense societal interactions over competing conceptions of public-sector institutions and authority, rule-making, and policy processes.
Author : Andrew Ladley,Derek Gill
Publisher : Institute of Policy Studies Victoria University of Welling
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : New Zealand
ISBN : 1877347256
What is the future of governance in the South Pacific? Will the dominant form of governance in 30 years still be each (micro) state trying to do everything by itself (governing alone)? Have we reached the limits of decolonisation? Looking ahead, will the two referenda (in 2006 and 2007) on self-governance in Tokelau be regarded as the 'high-tide mark' of decolonisation? In No State is an Island Andrew Ladley and Derek Gill explain how instead of 'governing alone' there is scope for 'governing together' with governments choosing from a spectrum of cooperation. State can do some things by themselves, but not everything. Increasingly, governance will be shared at local, national and pan-regional levels. Governing together, rather than alone, is the logical future - indeed, it is already starting. This book draws on Andrew Ladley's field research and substantial practical experience on the ground on behalf of the United Nations and other organisations in the South Pacific and in a diverse group of developing countries around the world. Derek Gill's contribution is based on his extensive involvement in New Zealand's economic and public sector reforms, work undertaken for the OECD, and consulting assignments on public governance issues in a wide range of developing countries.
Author : Bikenibeu Paeniu
Publisher : National Centre for Development Studies Research S Acific St
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Local government
ISBN : UCSD:31822002452571
A working paper from the Economics Division, Research School of Asian Studies, the Australian National University, which attempts to analyse a strategic framework within which implementation of local government policy reform can be undertaken. It emphasises the necessity of highlighting the long existing traditional governing structures that are still part of the everyday life of community people in the islands. It argues that traditional governance is imperative to ensuring sustainable development in the islands. Includes list of references.
Author : Bruce Knapman,Cedric Saldanha
Publisher : Australian Geographic
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : UCSD:31822029991973
This book presents the results of an assessment of Bank assistance to reform efforts in six Pacific Developing Member Countries (PDMCs). The assessment was undertaken at the request of the Board of Directors of the Bank. As the bank has transformed itself from being primarily a project lender to being a broad-based development institutions, a wave of economic, public sector and governance reform has broken on most PDMC shores.
Author : Peter Larmour
Publisher : Asia Pacific Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015047117885
Author : Ronald C. Duncan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 929092313X
"This collection of studies on the political economy of Pacific island countries was authored by writers from various disciplinary backgrounds. Their research confirms the results of political economy studies of economic reform in developing countries from elsewhere around the world and shines new light on the kinds of obstacles that have to be overcome for economic reform to be successful in the Pacific. This publication presents many valuable lessons for agencies assisting in the economic development of Pacific island countries"--Publisher's website.
Author : Lino Briguglio,Jessica Byron,Stefano Moncada,Wouter Veenendaal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429592065
This volume covers a wide spectrum of governance issues relating to small states in a global context. While different definitions of governance are given in the chapters, most authors associate governance with the setting and implementation of policies aimed at managing a country or territory, and with the related institutional structures and interventions by political actors. Generally, good governance is associated with concepts such as policy effectiveness, accountability, transparency, control of corruption, encouragement of citizens’ voice and gender equality—factors which are, in turn, linked with democracy. What emerges from the book is that the societies of small states are being re-shaped by various forces outside their control, including the globalization process and climate change, rendering their governance ever more complex. These problems are not solely faced by small states, but small country size tends to lead to a higher degree of exposure to external factors. The chapters are grouped into four sections broadly covering political, environmental, social and economic governance. Governance is influenced by many, often intertwined, factors; the division of the book into four parts therefore does not detract from the fact that governance is multifaceted, and such division was based on the primary focus of each particular study and its main disciplinary background. The expert authors have, moreover, used a variety of approaches in the studies, the subject of small states being well suited to scholarly work from different disciplines using qualitative, quantitative and mixed approaches to arrive at useful conclusions.
Author : Stephanie Lawson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1996-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521496384
Much literature on non-Western traditions celebrates the renaissance of indigenous cultures. Others have been more critical of this renaissance, especially with respect to its political implications. This study analyses the assertion of 'tradition' by indigenous elites, looking especially at the way it is used to differentiate 'the West' from the 'non-West'. This is important to contemporary discussion about the validity of democracy outside the West and problems concerning universalism and relativism. The discussion of Fiji focuses on constitutional development and the traditionalist emphasis on chiefly legitimacy. The rise of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Tonga is considered against the background of a conservative political order that has so far resisted pressure for reform. The move to universal suffrage in Western Samoa is seen not as a rejection of traditional ways in favour of democratic norms, but as a means of preserving important aspects of traditional culture.
Author : Joseph A. Camilleri
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1782542620
Despite significant cultural exchange, mutual trust and understanding remains fragile between Asia-Pacific countries. The community faces complex and seemingly intractable problems: violent civil conflicts, geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainties, proliferation of nuclear weapons and flashpoints that may lead to war. The authors of this book argue that common reflection and dialogue is imperative. Their achieved aim is to bring together distinguished scholars and experts on public policy, social ethics, defence, human security and sustainability to consider the future of the Asia-Pacific region and appropriate responses by both states and civil society.
Author : Mark Turner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349277117
A source of perennial tension in states is the degree to which decision-making power and authority should be concentrated in central institutions and individuals. At present the conventional wisdom of central-local relations has swung in favour of decentralisation. This book investigates whether such convergence is taking place through detailed examination in Asia-Pacific. The results of the survey reveal a complex picture in which divergence is still evident in the region's patterns of central-local relations.