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Papua New Guinea in the Twenty-First Century
The Struggle for Development and Independence
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2023
Summary
Papua New Guinea is a relatively recent independent state engaged in a struggle to develop economically and exercise a degree of sovereignty. This work articulates the challenges that confront the young nation including, security, economic viability, delivery of services, and control of political corruption. While these are matters internal to the functionality of the nation state, the author argues that matters have changed dramatically with China’s growing influence in the region and the ensuing competition between the United States and China. With this increasing geopolitical importance there is the promise of financial benefit, but there are also new challenges as there is the ever-present danger of becoming enmeshed in superpower competition. David Lea argues that lack of economic development and continuing aid dependency may well render island nations such as Papua New Guinea susceptible to political manipulation and further loss of sovereignty, including even a risk of military involvement.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1738-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1739-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
246
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
The Historical Overview No access Pages 5 - 20
Melanesian Culture, Worldview, and Cosmology No access Pages 21 - 34
Crime and Security in Papua New Guinea No access Pages 35 - 50
Customary Land Tenure and the Birth of the Incorporated Land Group No access Pages 51 - 64
Customary Melanesian Land within a Modern Legal Framework No access Pages 65 - 76
Environmental Issues and Mining No access Pages 77 - 86
Environmental Issues and the Forestry Industry No access Pages 87 - 100
Associated Ethical Issues for REDD-Based Emissions Trading Schemes in Melanesia No access Pages 101 - 116
Bureaucracy No access Pages 117 - 128
Electoral Reform in Papua New Guinea and the Quest for Improved Governance No access Pages 129 - 142
Asian Democracies and Parallels in Postcolonial Development No access Pages 143 - 154
Foreign Policy and the Challenges for Political Independence and Sovereignty No access Pages 155 - 168
Sovereignty and Globalization No access Pages 169 - 184
As Chinese Intellectuals Embrace the Ideas of Carl Schmitt No access Pages 185 - 198
Dependency Theory and Its Application to Papua New Guinea No access Pages 199 - 216
