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1 online resource (xx, 186 pages) |
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Studies in state and society in the Pacific / State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program ; no. 3 |
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[State, society and governance in Melanesia] |
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Studies in state and society in the Pacific ; no. 3.
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State, society and governance in Melanesia (Series)
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| Contents |
Introduction: Roots of conflict in the Southern Highlands / Nicole Haley and Ronald J. May -- The national government and the Southern Highlands since the 2002 general elections / Joseph Dorpar and Jim Macpherson -- The setting: Land, economics and development in the Southern Highlands / Bryant Allen -- The Southern Highlands: A hasty transition from unknown to riches and chaos / Joe R. Kanekane -- Cosmology, Morality and Resource Development: SHP election outcomes and moves to establish a separate Hela Province / Nicole Haley -- 'Hoo-Ha in Huli': Considerations on commotion and community in the Southern Highlands / Laurence Goldman -- Issues of stability in the Southern Highlands Province / Laurie Bragge -- The future of resource development in the Southern Highlands / Chris Warrilow -- Community-based development in Tari -- present and prospects / John Vail -- A brief overview of government, law and order, and social matters in the Tari District / Noel H. Walters -- Porgera Joint Venture's presence in the Southern Highlands Province / Kai Lavu -- What if they don't want your kind of development? Reflections on the Southern Highlands / Maev O'Collins -- Conflict vulnerable assessment of the Southern Highlands Province / Neryl Lewis -- An Inside Post-mortem on the Southern Highlands: A perspective from Tari / Philip Moya |
| Summary |
"The Southern Highlands is one of Papua New Guinea's most resource-rich provinces, but for a number of years the province has been riven by conflict. Longstanding inter-group rivalries, briefly set aside during the colonial period, have been compounded by competition for the benefits provided by the modern state and by fighting over the distribution of returns from the several big mining and petroleum projects located within the province or impinging upon it. Deaths from the various conflicts over the past decade number in the hundreds. As a result of inter-group fighting, criminal activity and vandalism, a number of businesses have withdrawn from the province. Roadblocks and ambushes have made travel dangerous in many parts and expatriate missionaries and aid workers have left. Many public servants have abandoned their posts with the result that state services are not provided. Corruption is rife. Police are often reluctant to act because they are outnumbered and outgunned. This volume brings together a number of authors with deep experience of the Southern Highlands to examine the underlying dynamics of resource development and conflict in the province"--Provided by publisher |
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natural resources |
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papua new guinea |
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social conflict |
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management |
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southern highlands province |
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integroup relations |
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Hela Province |
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Kiap |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed July 28, 2008) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Social conflict -- Papua New Guinea -- Southern Highlands Province
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Intergroup relations -- Papua New Guinea -- Southern Highlands Province
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Natural resources management areas -- Papua New Guinea -- Southern Highlands Province
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Natural resources -- Papua New Guinea -- Southern Highlands Province
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Natural resources -- Management.
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Public administration -- Papua New Guinea
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Developing & Emerging Countries.
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Intergroup relations
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Natural resources
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Natural resources -- Management
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Natural resources management areas
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Public administration
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Social conflict
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Politics & government.
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Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea -- Southern Highlands Province
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Haley, Nicole
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May, R. J. (Ronald James), 1939-
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State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project.
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Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
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ANU E Press.
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| ISBN |
9781921313462 |
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1921313463 |
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