Pacific Realities

Author : Laurent Dousset,Mélissa Nayral
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789200416

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Pacific Realities by Laurent Dousset,Mélissa Nayral Pdf

Throughout the Pacific region, people are faced with dramatic changes, often described as processes of “glocalization”; individuals and groups espouse multilayered forms of identity, in which global modes of thinking and doing are embedded in renewed perceptions of local or regional specificities. Consequently, new forms of resistance and resilience – the processes by which communities attempt to regain their original social, political, and economic status and structure after disruption or displacement – emerge. Through case studies from across the Pacific which transcend the conventional “local-global” dichotomy, this volume aims to explore these complex and interwoven phenomena from a new perspective.

Author : Ippei Yamazawa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134537709

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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) by Ippei Yamazawa Pdf

This book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive account of the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) organisation and examines the challenges APEC now faces in the new century. Subjects covered include: * the history of APEC * APEC and the latest WTO round * case-studies of countries in the region including China, Japan, Malaysia, Korea and Taiwan * APECs approach to competition and deregulation policy * assessment of APECs standing as an international institution Featuring contributions from distinguished groups of international academic experts, this book is essential reading for all those interested in political and economic developments in the Asia-Pacific.

Author : Jioji Ravulo,Tracie Mafile'o,Donald Bruce Yeates
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351386241

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Pacific Social Work by Jioji Ravulo,Tracie Mafile'o,Donald Bruce Yeates Pdf

As a region, the Pacific is changing rapidly. This edited collection, the first of its kind, centres Pacific-Indigenous ways of knowing, doing and being in Pacific social work. In so doing, the authors decolonise the dominant western rhetoric that is evident in contemporary social work practice in the region and rejuvenate practice models with evolving Pacific perspectives. Pacific Social Work: • Incorporates Pacific epistemologies and ontologies in social and community work practice, social policy and research • Profiles contemporary Pacific needs – including health, education, environmental, justice and welfare • Demonstrates the application of Pacific-Indigenous knowledges in practice in diverse Pacific contexts • Examines Pacific-Indigenous research approaches to promote inform practice and positive outcomes • Reviews Pacific models of social and community work and their application • Fosters Pacific perspectives for social work and community work education and training in the Pacific region. Pacific Social Work demonstrates the role of social work within societies where social and cultural differences are evident, and practitioners, community groups, researchers, educators, and governments are encouraged to consider the integration between local indigenous and international knowledge and practice. Providing rigorously researched case studies, questions and exercises, this book will be a key learning resource for social work and human and community services students, practitioners, social services managers and policy makers in Australia, New Zealand and various Pacific Island states across the Pacific including Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

Author : Ian Frazer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351906012

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Redefining the Pacific? by Ian Frazer Pdf

This comprehensive volume examines the future effectiveness of regional institutions as well as key questions concerning the attempts to overcome ongoing serious problems of security, governance and poor economic performance in the Pacific. What is obvious from this collection is that a new and stronger commitment to overcoming national problems is required through regional cooperation. The volume is highly suited to courses on international political economy, security and regional cooperation.

Author : M. J. Bradshaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136849633

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The Russian Far East and Pacific Asia by M. J. Bradshaw Pdf

This major study assesses prospects for economic recovery in the Russian Far East, evaluating foreign trade and investment, political and economic forces, patterns of resource supply and needs in Pacific Asia, and potential competitors. It concludes that this unfulfilled potential has as much to do with conditions in Russia as the downturn caused by the Asian crisis.

Author : Ash Rossiter,Brendon J. Cannon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08
Category : Indo-Pacific Region
ISBN : 1032400188

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Conflict and Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific by Ash Rossiter,Brendon J. Cannon Pdf

This book explores the most important strategic questions about the emerging Indo-Pacific region by offering an incisive analysis on the current and future patterns of competition and cooperation of key nations in the region. Examining emerging policies of cooperation and conflict adopted by Indo-Pacific states in response to a rising China, the book offers insights into the evolving Indo-Pacific visions and strategies being developed in Japan, India, Australia and the US in reaction to shifting geopolitical realities. The book provides evidence of geopolitical advances in what some see as a spatially coherent maritime zone stretching from the eastern Pacific to the western Indian Ocean, including small island states and countries that line its littoral. It also analyzes the development and operationalization of Indo-Pacific policies and strategies of various key nations. Contributors provide both macro and micro perspectives to this critically significant topic, offering insights into the grand strategies of great powers as well as case studies ranging from the Philippines to the Maldives to Kenya. The book suggests that new rivalries, shifting alliances and economic ebbs and flows in the Indo-Pacific will generate new geopolitical realities and shape much else beyond in the twenty-first century. A timely contribution to the rapidly expanding policy and scholarly discussions about what is likely to be the defining region for international politics for coming generations, the book will be of interest to policymakers as well as students and academics in the fields of International Relations, Foreign Policy, Security Studies, Diplomacy and International Law, East and South Asian Studies, East African Studies, Middle East Studies, and Australian Studies.

Author : Lois Bastide,Denis Regnier
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000683882

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Family Violence and Social Change in the Pacific Islands by Lois Bastide,Denis Regnier Pdf

The Pacific Islands have some of the highest rates of family violence in the world. Addressing the contemporary mutations of Pacific Island families and the shifting understandings of violence in the context of rapid social change, this book investigates the conflict dynamics generated by these transformations. The contributors draw from detailed case studies in a range of Pacific territories to examine family violence in relation to the social, economic and political situation of native populations as well as individual, collective and institutional responses to the development of violence within and upon the family. They focus on vernacular understandings, conflicting social norms, the emergence of different types of violent patterns, the impact of violence on individuals and communities, and local attempts at mitigating or combating it. Combining ethnographic expertise with engaged scholarship, this volume offers a vivid account of ongoing social change in Pacific Island societies and a crucial contribution to the understanding of family violence as a social process, cultural construct, and political issue. This book will appeal to scholars with interests in the sociology of violence and the family, Pacific studies, development studies, and the social and cultural anthropology of Oceania.

Author : Hoe Ee Khor,Mr.Roger P. Kronenberg,Ms.Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475522716

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Resilience and Growth in the Small States of the Pacific by Hoe Ee Khor,Mr.Roger P. Kronenberg,Ms.Patrizia Tumbarello Pdf

Pacific island countries face unique challenges to realizing their growth potential and raising living standards. This book discusses ongoing challenges facing Pacific island countries and policy options to address them. Regional cooperation and solutions tailored to their unique challenges, as well as further integration with the Asia and Pacific region will each play a role. With concerted efforts, Pacific island countries can boost potential growth, increase resilience, and improve the welfare of their citizens.

Author : Moshe Rapaport
Publisher : Bess Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 1573060836

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The Pacific Islands by Moshe Rapaport Pdf

Academic survey of the Pacific Islands. Includes maps, photographs, tables, diagrams, atlas, and detailed index.

Author : Saori N. Katada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 0231190727

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Japan's New Regional Reality by Saori N. Katada Pdf

Japan's regional geoeconomic strategy -- Foreign economic policy, domestic institutions and regional governance -- Geoeconomics of the Asia-Pacific -- Transformation in the Japanese political economy -- Trade and investment : a gradual path -- Money and finance : an uneven path -- Development and foreign aid : a hybrid path.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789292576103

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The Emergence of Pacific Urban Villages by Asian Development Bank Pdf

This publication seeks to explain the nature of settlements termed “urban villages” as set within the context of growing levels of urbanization in contemporary Pacific towns and cities. It investigates the meaning and conceptualization of myriad forms of urban villages by examining the evolution of different types of settlement commonly known as native or traditional villages, and more recently squatter and informal settlements. It views village-like settlements such as squatter and informal settlements as a type of urban village, and examines the role these and other urban villages play in shaping and making the Pacific town and city and arguably, the Pacific village city. It presents key actions that Pacific countries and development partners need to consider as part of urban and national development plans when rethinking how to conceptualize the ongoing phenomena of urban villages while achieving a more equitable distribution of the benefits of urbanization.

Author : Steven Roger Fischer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137088123

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A History of the Pacific Islands by Steven Roger Fischer Pdf

This wide-ranging study of the Pacific Islands provides a dynamic and provocative account of the peopling of the Pacific, and its broad impact on world history. Spanning over 50,000 years of human presence in an area which comprises one-third of our planet – Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia – the narrative follows the development of the region, from New Guinea's earliest settlement to the creation of the modern Pacific states. Thoroughly revised and updated in light of the most recent scholarship, the second edition includes: • an overview of the events and developments in the Pacific Islands over the last decade • coverage of the latest archaeological discoveries • several new maps • an updated and expanded bibliography Steven Roger Fischer's unique text provides a highly accessible and invaluable introduction to the history of an area which is currently emerging as pivotal in international affairs. A History of the Pacific Islands traces the human history of nearly one-third of the globe over a fifty-thousand year span. This is history on a grand scale, taking the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia from prehistoric culture to the present day through a skilful interpretation of scholarship in the field. Fischer's familiarity with work in archaeology and anthropology as well as in history enriches the text, making this a book with wide appeal for students and general readers.

Author : Carolin Biewer
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027268952

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South Pacific Englishes by Carolin Biewer Pdf

Second-language varieties of English in the South Pacific have received scant attention, until now. This monograph offers the first book-length analysis of the sociolinguistics and morphosyntax of three representatives of South Pacific L2 English in comparison – two of which have never been described linguistically. The book describes the spread of English, its current status and use in the three island states and compares the most frequent and salient morphosyntactic features to corresponding structures in Asian and African Englishes and the Oceanic substrate languages. As part of a larger theoretical discussion on the multiple factors that determine the evolution and dynamics of L2 varieties in general, Mufwene’s feature pool model is extended to a new model that integrates cognitive aspects of language acquisition and use, typological aspects of the languages/varieties involved and socio-cultural motivations of language use. The book also examines the role of New Zealand English as a potential epicentre in the South Pacific and considers ethical and methodological issues of linguistic field research.

Author : Gerald Segal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000554625

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The Soviet Union and the Pacific by Gerald Segal Pdf

First published in 1990, The Soviet Union and the Pacific provides comprehensive analysis of Soviet strategy in the Pacific, examining both the successes of, and the constraints on, Soviet policy towards the nations and resources of the Pacific rim. Set against the downfall of the Soviet empire, this policy records a departure from the treatment of the Pacific as an arena only for military competition to an important terrain of Mikhail Gorbachev’s foreign policy. This book is designed to serve as an introduction to the role of Soviet Union in the Pacific for undergraduates, scholars, policymakers, and business people.

Author : Jean McCloskey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Asia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117756549

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New Realities in the Pacific by Jean McCloskey Pdf