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Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands examines a crisis moment in recent Solomon Islands history. Contributors examine what happened when unrest engulfed the capital of the small Melanesian country in the aftermath of the 2006 national elections, and consider what these events show about the Solomon Islands political system, the influence of Asian interests in business and politics, and why the crisis is best understood in the context of the country's volatile blend of traditional and modern politics. Until the disturbances of April 2006 and subsequent deterioration in bilateral relations between Australia and Solomon Islands under the Sogavare government, experts had hailed the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) as an unqualified success. Some saw it as a model for 'cooperative intervention' in 'failing states' worldwide. Following these developments success seems less certain and aspects of the RAMSI model appear flawed. Using the case of Solomon Islands, this book raises fundamental questions about the nature of 'cooperative intervention' as a vehicle for state building, asking whether it should be construed as a mainly technical endeavour or whether it is unavoidably a political undertaking with political consequences. Providing a critical but balanced analysis, Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands has important implications for the wider debate about international state-building interventions in 'failed' and 'failing' states.

In May 2006 Fiji held its tenth general election since independence in 1970. In a country with an unenviable history of electoral trauma, the mood was apprehensive if not tense – not least because of controversial public statements against the incumbent Qarase government being made by the commander of Fiji's military forces. Despite a record number of parties and candidates, the winners were the two big parties – the heavily church-backed SDL, the party of choice of the majority of indigenous Fijians; and the Fiji Labour Party, the party preferred by most Indo-Fijians. Although the result was ethnically polarised, for the first time in Fijian history the successful candidates came together to share power in a constitutionally ordained multiparty cabinet, with Laisenia Qarase retaining the prime ministership. But the fragile collaboration was short-lived. On 5 December 2006, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama ordered a military takeover, declaring himself 'President', ousting the elected government and replacing it with an 'interim' government of his choice, and once again throwing Fiji into political turmoil. With contributions from ex-Vice President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, ousted Prime Minister Laesenia Qarase, leader of the Fiji Labour Party and now interim Minister for Finance Mahendra Chaudhry, and an impressive array of leading commentators on Fijian affairs, this book provides a comprehensive and penetrating analysis of the lead-up to, the outcome and the aftermath of Fiji's historic 2006 election. Shedding light on the complex weave of traditional chiefly systems, race relations, economics, constitutionality, the military ethos and religion, From Election to Coup in Fiji is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Fiji, the South Pacific and the politics of divided societies.

This book explores the factors behind – and the implications of – the 2006 coup. It brings together contributions from leading scholars, local personalities, civil society activists, union leaders, journalists, lawyers, soldiers and politicians – including deposed Prime Ministers Laisenia Qarase and Mahendra Chaudhry. The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji: A Coup to End All Coups? is essential reading for those with an interest in the contemporary history of Fiji, politics in deeply divided societies, or in military intervention in civilian politics.

Keynote Address -- From Neo-Liberalism to the New Medievalism /John Rapley --Treading Water in Rapids? Non-Governmental Organisations and Resistance to Neo-Liberalism in Pacific Island States /Claire Slatter --Regionalism and Cultural Identity: Putting the Pacific back into the plan /Elise Huffer --Labour Migration.Migration, Dependency and Inequality in the Pacific: Old Wine in Bigger Bottles?(Part 1) /John Connell --Migration, Dependency and Inequality in the Pacific: Old Wine in Bigger Bottles?(Part 2) /John Connell --Globalisation, New Labour Migration and Development in Fiji /Manoranjan Mohanty --'Tonga Only Wants Our Money': The children of Tongan migrants /Helen Lee --Labour Mobility in the Pacific: Creating seasonal work programs in Australia /Nic Maclellan and Peter Mares --Contemporary Migration Within the Pacific Islands: The case of Fijian skilled workers in Kiribati and Marshall Islands /Avelina Rokoduru --Sugar and Garments.Fiji: Sugar and sweatshirts, migrants and remittances /Kate Hannan --End of the Line? Globalisation and Fiji's Garment Industry /Donovan Storey --Corporate and State Governance in Mining and Forestry.Global Capital and Local Ownership in Solomon Islands' Forestry Industry Tarcisius /Tara Kabutaulaka --Mining, Social Change and Corporate Social Responsibility: Drawing lines in the Papua New Guinea mud /Glenn Banks --The 'Resource Curse' and Governance: A Papua New Guinean perspective /Mel Togolo --Tradition, Culture and Politics.Keynote Address -- Governance in Fiji: The interplay between indigenous tradition, culture and politics /Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi --The State of the State in Fiji: Some failings in the periphery /Vijay Naidu --Power Sharing in Fiji and New Caledonia /Jon Fraenkel --More Than 20 Years of Political Stability in Samoa under the Human Rights Protection Party /Asofou So'o --Matai Titles and Modern Corruption in Samoa: Costs, expectations and consequences for families and society /A. Morgan Tuimaleali'ifano --Media, Civil Society and Democracy.Keynote Address -- Keeping the Information Flow Open: A key condition for good government in Micronesia Father Francis X. Hezel --Governance, Globalisation and the PNG Media: A survival dilemma Joe R. Kanekane --Democracy in Papua New Guinea: Challenges from a rights-based approach Orovu Sepoe --Governance and Livelihood Realities in Solomon Islands Morgan Wairiu.

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