Politics and state building in Solomon Islands / Sinclair Dinnen and Stewart Firth (eds).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dinnen, Sinclair, editor.

Firth, Stewart, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Solomon Islands--Politics and government.

Solomon Islands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Canberra, Australia : Asia Pacific Press : The Australian National University, 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands examines a crisis moment in recent Solomon Islands history. Contributors examine what happened when unrest engulfed the capital of the small Melanesian country in the aftermath of the 2006 national elections, and consider what these events show about the Solomon Islands political system, the influence of Asian interests in business and politics, and why the crisis is best understood in the context of the country's volatile blend of traditional and modern politics. Until the disturbances of April 2006 and subsequent deterioration in bilateral relations between Australia and Solomon Islands under the Sogavare government, experts had hailed the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) as an unqualified success. Some saw it as a model for 'cooperative intervention' in 'failing states' worldwide. Following these developments success seems less certain and aspects of the RAMSI model appear flawed. Using the case of Solomon Islands, this book raises fundamental questions about the nature of 'cooperative intervention' as a vehicle for state building, asking whether it should be construed as a mainly technical endeavour or whether it is unavoidably a political undertaking with political consequences. Providing a critical but balanced analysis, Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands has important implications for the wider debate about international state-building interventions in 'failed' and 'failing' states.

Notes:

"This collection originates in a one-day conference organised jointly by the State Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM) Program and the Pacific Centre at the Australian National University on 5 May 2006. The conference- Solomon Islands, Where to Now? was held shortly after serious disturbances in the Solomon Islands capital, Honiara, in April 2006."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781921313660

1921313668

9780731538188

0731538188

OCLC:

1163836744

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_459449