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Intro; 1. Pacific Youth, Local and Global; 2. Flexibility, Possibility and the Paradoxes of the Present: Tongan Youth Moving into the Future; 3. Economic Changes and the Unequal Lives of Young People among the Wampar in Papua New Guinea; 4. 'Things Still Fall Apart': A Political Economy Analysis of State-Youth Engagement in Honiara, Solomon Islands; 5. The New Nobility: Tonga's Young Traditional Leaders; 6. Youth Leadership in Fiji and Solomon Islands: Creating Opportunities for Civic Engagement; 7. Entrepreneurship and Social Action Among Youth in American Sāmoa

Pacific populations are becoming younger and this 'youth bulge' is often perceived as a dangerous precursor to civil unrest. Yet young people are also a valuable resource holding exciting potential for the future of island nations. Addressing these conflicting views of youth, this volume presents ethnographic case studies of young people from across the Pacific and the diaspora. Moving beyond the typical focus on 'youth problems' in reports by Pacific governments and development agencies, the authors examine the highly diverse lives and perspectives of young people in urban and rural locations. They celebrate the contributions of youth to their communities while examining the challenges they face. The case studies explore the impacts of profound local and global changes and cover a wide sweep of youth experiences across themes of education, employment and economic inequalities, political and civil engagement, and migration and the diaspora. Contributors to this volume bring many decades of experience of research with Pacific people as well as fresh perspectives from early career and graduate researchers. Most are anthropologists and their chapters contribute to the interdisciplinary fields of youth studies and Pacific studies, offering thought-provoking insights into the possibilities for Pacific youth as they face uncertain futures.

Truncated domes on curb ramps benefit travelers with visual impairments. However, concerns associated with the safety and negotiability of such detectable warnings for other travelers have resulted in much controversy. The findings of the study presented here indicate that detectable warnings did not adversely affect the negotiability of ramps by the 21 participants who ambulated by wheelchairs.

Since the 1960s Tongans have developed extensive transnational ties between the homeland and the overseas populations, including remittances that for many years have bolstered Tonga's economy. This paper examines how these ties have been transformed over time, and focuses on the question of whether the children of Tongan migrants are likely to sustain such ties in the future. Drawing on data collected from 'second generation' Tongans in Australia, the paper explores their attitudes towards transnational practices and the extent to which they maintain connections with their parents' homeland. I argue that although Tonga's need for support from the diaspora is growing, migrants' children are unlikely to sustain the current level of remittances. Without an ongoing flow of new migrants, transnational ties are likely to weaken and levels of remittances will suffer a significant decline, with potentially devastating consequences for Tonga.

Intro; 1. Pacific Youth, Local and Global; 2. Flexibility, Possibility and the Paradoxes of the Present: Tongan Youth Moving into the Future; 3. Economic Changes and the Unequal Lives of Young People among the Wampar in Papua New Guinea; 4. 'Things Still Fall Apart': A Political Economy Analysis of State-Youth Engagement in Honiara, Solomon Islands; 5. The New Nobility: Tonga's Young Traditional Leaders; 6. Youth Leadership in Fiji and Solomon Islands: Creating Opportunities for Civic Engagement; 7. Entrepreneurship and Social Action Among Youth in American Sāmoa

"Between Two Shores" --Introduction: Migration and Cultural Identity --Leaving Tonga "For Our Future" --Life Overseas: Community and Conflict --Identity in the Diaspora: Perspectives of the First Generation --Diasporic Youth: "Stuck between Two Worlds"? --Intermarriage: "A Two-Way Life" --The Tongans of Melbourne, Australia.