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Twenty-five years after independence, Papua New Guinea is beset by social, economic, and political problems: poverty and inequality, a young and expanding population, a stagnant economy, corruption, and rising crime. The state has not only failed to contain these problems but has become progressively implicated in their persistence. Escalating levels of violence and lawlessness are seen by many as the most serious challenge facing the young country. This book examines these problems of order in light of Papua New Guinea’s remarkable social diversity and the impact of rapid and pervasive processes of change. Three original and strategic case studies involving urban gangs, mining security, and election violence form the core of the work. Each case study looks at particular forms of conflict, and the responses these engender, across different socioeconomic contexts and geographic locations. Empirical data are analyzed through a common framework that employs material, cultural and institutional perspectives, allowing readers to view the three cases through different theoretical prisms, identify linkages between them, and, in the process, build a larger picture of the post-colonial social order. Law and Order in a Weak State charts not only the problems of crime and lawlessness in Papua New Guinea but also the possibilities for constructive, pragmatic solutions. It will be of great interest to scholars, aid and policy officials, and others concerned with understanding the social complexities and challenges of contemporary Papua New Guinea.
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Genre |
: Social Science |
Author |
: Sinclair Dinnen |
Publisher |
: University of Hawaii Press |
Release |
: 2000-11-01 |
File |
: 278 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0824822803 |
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Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the previously well-established organisation of world politics has been thrown into disarray. While during the Cold War, the bipolarity of the world gave other powers a defined structure within which to vie for power, influence and material wealth, the current global political landscape has been transformed by a diffusion of power. As a result, the world has seen the rise of sub-national or quasi-/non-state actors, such as Hezbollah, al-Qaeda and the movement that calls itself Islamic State, or ISIS. These dramatic geopolitical shifts have heavily impacted state-society relationships, power and authority in the international system. Weak States, Strong Societies analyses the effect of these developments on the new world order, arguing that the framework of 'weak state, strong society' appears even more applicable to the contemporary global landscape than it did during the Cold War. Focusing on a range of regional contexts, the book explores what constitutes a weak or strong state. It will be essential reading for specialists in politics and international relations, whether students or academic researchers.
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Genre |
: Political Science |
Author |
: Amin Saikal |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Release |
: 2015-11-27 |
File |
: 269 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780857728173 |
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This book uncovers how colonial administrators, postcolonial governments and international aid agencies have promoted stability and their own visions of the rule of law in Sudan.
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Genre |
: Law |
Author |
: Mark Fathi Massoud |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Release |
: 2013-05-27 |
File |
: 305 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781107026070 |
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Papua New Guinea has a complex ‘law and order’ problem and an entrenched epidemic of HIV. This book explores their interaction. It also probes their joint challenges and opportunities—most fundamentally for civic security, a condition that could offer some immunity to both.
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Genre |
: Social Science |
Author |
: Vicki Luker |
Publisher |
: ANU E Press |
Release |
: 2010-12-01 |
File |
: 357 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781921666612 |
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This book offers a critique of the principal contemporary approaches to international law alongside its own novel perspectives.
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Genre |
: Law |
Author |
: B. S. Chimni |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Release |
: 2017-05-25 |
File |
: 649 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781107065260 |
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Insecurity in the 21st century appears to come less from the collisions of powerful states than from the debris of imploding ones. This paper aims to improve the understanding and treatment of failed states by focusing on critical challenges at the intersections between security, economics, and politics and on the guiding goal of lifting local populations from the status of victims of failure to agents of recovery.
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Genre |
: Political Science |
Author |
: Marla C. Haims |
Publisher |
: Rand Corporation |
Release |
: 2008-05-07 |
File |
: 57 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780833045362 |
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Reflecting a growing awareness of the need to integrate security and development agendas in the field of conflict management, the authors of this original volume focus on the case of the Pacific Islands. In the process, they also reveal the sociopolitical diversity, cultural richness, and social resilience of a little-known region. Their work not only offers insight into the societies discussed, but also speaks to the realities of political community and state-building efforts throughout the developing world.M. Anne Brown is research fellow at the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland. She is author of Human Rights and the Borders of Suffering: The Promotion of Human Rights in International Politics. Contents: Security and Development: Conflict and Resilience in the South Pacific?M.A. Brown. Local Solutions: Security and Development in Papua New Guinea?M. Jacka. Power, Gender, and Security in Papua New Guinea?O. Sepoe. Police Reform in Papua New Guinea?A. McLeod. Development and Conflict: The Struggle for Self-Determination in Bougainville?A. Regan. Development and Self-Determination in New Caledonia?P. DeDeckker. Conflict and Reconciliation in New Caledonia?N. McLellan. Self-Determination and Autonomy: The Meaning of Freedom in West Papua?J. MacLeod. External Intervention: The Solomon Islands Beyond RAMSI?C. Moore. The Paradox of Multiculturalism: Ethno-Political Conflict in Fiji?S. Ratuva. Elite Conflict in Vanuatu?G. Hassall. Troubled Times: Development and Economic Crisis in Nauru?M. Quanchi. Unfinished Business: Democratic Transition in Tonga?L. Senituli. Conclusion: Community, Region, and Partnership?M.A. Brown.
Product Details :
Genre |
: Business & Economics |
Author |
: M. Anne Brown |
Publisher |
: Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Release |
: 2007 |
File |
: 366 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015066427785 |
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The absence of effective government, one of the most important issues in current international law, became prominent with the failed state concept at the beginning of the 1990s. Public international law, however, lacked sufficient legal means to deal with the phenomenon. Neither attempts at state reconstruction in countries such as Afghanistan and Somalia on the legal basis of Chapter VII of the UN Charter nor economic liberalisation have addressed fundamental social and economic problems. This work investigates the weaknesses of the failed state paradigm as a long-term solution for international peace and security, arguing that the solution to the absence of effective government can be found only in an economic and social approach and a true universalisation of international law.
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Genre |
: Law |
Author |
: Neyire Akpinarli |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Release |
: 2010 |
File |
: 284 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789004178120 |
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This comprehensive study of State failure upholds that the collapse of States in sub-Saharan Africa is a self-inflicted problem caused by the abandonment of the principle of effectiveness during decolonization. On the one hand, the abandonment of effectiveness may have facilitated the recognition of the new African States, but on the other it did lead to the creation of States that were essentially powerless: some of which became utter failures. Written in a style both provocative and unorthodox and using convincing arguments, this study casts doubt on some of the most sacred principles of the modern doctrine of international law. It establishes that the declaratory theory of recognition cannot satisfactorily explain the continuing existence of failed States. It also demonstrates that the principled assertion of the right to self-determination as the basis for independence in Africa has turned the notion of sovereignty into a formal-legal figment without substance. This book is a plea for more realism in international law. Pensive pessimists in the tradition of Hobbes will probably love it. Idealists in the tradition of Grotius may hate it, but they will find it very difficult to reject its conclusions.
Product Details :
Genre |
: Law |
Author |
: Gérard Kreijen |
Publisher |
: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |
Release |
: 2004 |
File |
: 405 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789004139657 |
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This book analyzes recent alterations in African security politics, focusing on regionalization of civil wars, transnational aspects of African conflicts, African regional peacekeeping efforts, the privatization of security in Africa, and the role of the UN in peacekeeping.
Product Details :
Genre |
: Political Science |
Author |
: K. Dokken |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Release |
: 2008-05-26 |
File |
: 260 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780230612495 |