Greed and Grievance : Ex-Militants' Perspectives on the Conflict in Solomon Islands, 1998-2003 / Matthew G Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Matthew G, author.

Series:

Topics in the contemporary Pacific.

Topics in the contemporary Pacific

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic conflict--Solomon Islands.

Ethnic conflict.

Solomon Islands--Economic conditions--Regional disparities.

Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islands--Politics and government.

Solomon Islands--Ethnic relations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work offers important new perspectives on the violence and unrest that gripped Solomon Islands between late 1998 and mid-2003, a period known as the Ethnic Tension. Based on in-depth interviews and documents associated with the "Tension Trials," it is the first detailed account of the conflict that engages directly with the voices of the men who joined the rival militant groups. These contemporary voices are presented against the backdrop of the socioeconomic and cultural history of Solomon Islands.The findings provide a refreshing corrective to the pervasive framing of the Isatabu uprising and the Malaitan response as essentially criminal and apolitical activities driven by the self-interest of those who participated in them. Alternative motives for the men who participated in the Solomons conflict are elucidated, foremost of which are their own conceptions of history and of the places of their respective peoples in the historical processes of colonization, development, and nation-building. Uneven development, relative deprivation and rapid socioeconomic and cultural change are highlighted as salient structural causes of the unrest.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

From the General Editor

Preface

Acknowledgments

Bibliographic Conventions

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Solomon Islands and the Tension

Chapter 3. Kastom, Class, and Colonization

Chapter 4. Guadalcanal: The Contested Motherland

Chapter 5. Saving the Solomons: The Malaita Eagle Force

Chapter 6. Continuities and Symmetries

Chapter 7. The State, Resources, Identity, and Conflict

Appendix 1. "A Brief History of Ethnic Tension (South Guadalcanal)"

Appendix 2. "Guadalcanal Struggle for Freedom: Our History in Brief"

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780824871024

0824871022

9780824839222

0824839226

OCLC:

870337149