Regional politics in Oceania : from colonialism and Cold War to the Pacific century / Stephanie Lawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawson, Stephanie, author.

Series:

LSE international studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism--Oceania.

Regionalism.

Geopolitics--Oceania.

Geopolitics.

Oceania--Politics and government.

Oceania.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 441 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"The most comprehensive study of regional politics in Oceania produced to date. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary sources and providing a systematic account of major issues facing the region, this book will appeal to anyone engaged in any aspect of regional studies in Oceania and beyond"-

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Series page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

A Note on Sources and References

List of Abbreviations

1 Oceania and the Study of Regions

1.1 The Idea of Regions

1.2 Regions and Regionalization

1.3 Regionalism and Regional Identity

1.4 The Concept of Regional Society

1.5 Area Studies, the Modernization Paradigm and Regions as Culture Areas

1.6 Framing the Analysis

1.7 Conclusion

2 Demarcating Oceania

2.1 Near and Remote Oceania

2.2 Naming the 'Pacific' and 'Oceania'

2.3 The Tripartite Division of the Island Pacific

2.4 Melanesia and Polynesia as 'Political Types'

2.5 Conclusion

3 Colonizing Oceania

3.1 European Exploration and Imperialism

3.2 The British Ascendancy

3.3 The Western Pacific High Commission

3.4 The Persistence of Imperial Rivalries

3.5 A Nascent Regional Consciousness?

3.6 Conclusion

4 Regionalizing Oceania

4.1 Prelude to the South Pacific Commission

4.2 The 'Problem' of Politics in Regional Affairs

4.3 Establishing the South Pacific Commission

4.4 The South Pacific Conference

4.5 Indonesia, West Papua and the Redefinition of Region

4.6 Conclusion

5 Transformations in Regional Organization

5.1 Reforming Regionalism

5.2 The Political Agenda

5.3 The Move to Political Regionalism

5.4 The South Pacific Forum

5.5 Conclusion

6 Regionalism the 'Pacific Way'

6.1 Ratu Mara and the Pacific Way

6.2 'Crocombe's Way'

6.3 Consensus Politics the Pacific Way

6.4 Comparative Perspectives

6.5 Conclusion

7 The Politics of Subregional Identity

7.1 The Melanesian Way and Kastom Discourses

7.2 The Melanesian Spearhead Group

7.3 The Polynesian Response

7.4 A Micronesian Way?

7.5 Conclusion

8 The Forum in Regional Politics

8.1 The Early Years of the Forum

8.2 The Forum vis-à-vis the South Pacific Commission

8.3 A Single Regional Organization?

8.4 Subregional Dynamics

8.5 France in Regional Politics

8.6 Decolonization and Regionalization in Micronesia

8.7 Conclusion

9 Democracy and Culture in Regional Politics

9.1 Democracy, Governance and the Politics of Culture

9.2 Decolonization and Constitution-Making

9.3 The Fiji Coups

9.4 Regional Responses to Coup Crises

9.5 Democracy, Culture and Gender

9.6 Conclusion

10 The Spectre of Regional Intervention

10.1 Bougainville and East Timor

10.2 The Arc of Instability, Africanization and Failed States

10.3 The Aitutaki and Biketawa Declarations

10.4 Intervention in Solomon Islands

10.5 Regional Politics after 2006

10.6 Conclusion

11 The Political Economy of Regionalism

11.1 Globalization, Development and the Neoliberal Agenda

11.2 The Political Economy of Aid

11.3 The Pacific Plan

11.4 The Pacific Islands Development Forum

11.5 The Framework for Pacific Regionalism

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Feb 2024).

ISBN:

9781009427586

100942758X

9781009427593

1009427598

9781009427609

1009427601