Statebuilding and State Formation in the Western Pacific: Solomon Islands in Transition?

ISBN-13: 9780367028374 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 142 str.

Matthew Allen; Sinclair Dinnen

Opis

This book provides in-depth social science analysis of this Melanesian nation at a critical juncture in its post-colonial and post-conflict history and an engagement with important global debates, with contributions from leading scholars of Solomon Islands. Organised around a central tension between change and continuity, the book examines contested narratives of changing state-society relations, the changing social relations around land and natural resources, and the critical distinction between ‘state-building’ and ‘state formation’.

Spis treści

1. Solomon Islands in Transition? 2. The Teleology and Romance of State-building in Solomon Islands 3. Honiara: Arrival City and Pacific Hybrid Living Space 4. From Taovia to Trustee: Urbanisation, Land Disputes and Social Differentiation in Kakabona 5. Customary Authority and State Withdrawal in Solomon Islands: Resilience or Tenacity? 6. Big Money in the Rural: Wealth and Dispossession in Western Solomons Political Economy 7. Maasina Rule beyond Recognition 8. Urban Land in Honiara: Strategies and Rights to the City