Secession and decentralization: the Bougainville case

In: Canadian review of studies in nationalism: Revue canadienne des études sur le nationalisme, Band 25, Heft 1/2, S. 23-36

Abstract

Discusses the conflicts resulting from ethnonationalism, self-determination, and globalization, by studying the example of Bougainville, province of Papua New Guinea, and the evolution of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) separatist movement; since the 1980s, chiefly. Some focus on military confrontation between the Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNG DF), role of international actors, and the Panguna mine.