Framing the Islands: Power and Diplomatic Agency in Pacific Regionalism

Intro; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Framing Oceania; 2. Rethinking the political meaning of Pacific regionalism; 3. The 'South Seas' in the imperial imagination; 4. Colonial regionalism; 5. The South Pacific experiment; 6. The decolonisation of regional governance; 7. The postcolonial regional polity; 8. Regional self-determination; 9. Negotiating regional security in the Cold War; 10. Negotiating Pacific island development in the post-independence era; 11. The neoliberal ascendancy and its critics; 12. Reframing regional security in the post-Cold War era

1. Introduction: Framing Oceania -- 2. Rethinking the political meaning of Pacific regionalism -- 3. The 'South Seas' in the imperial imagination -- 4. Colonial regionalism -- 5. The South Pacific experiment -- 6. The decolonisation of regional governance -- 7. The postcolonial regional polity -- 8. Regional self-determination -- 9. Negotiating regional security in the Cold War -- 10. Negotiating Pacific island development in the post-independence era -- 11. The neoliberal ascendancy and its critics -- 12. Reframing regional security in the post-Cold War era -- 13. The 'new' Pacific diplomacy and the transformation of regionalism -- 14. Conclusion: Power and diplomatic agency in Pacific regionalism.