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Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. A CRIMINAL'S WORLD -- Dressed in Men's Attire -- A Convenient River on the East Called Kuskarawaok -- "We Will Shoot You" -- Thompson's Beginning -- "Indulgent to Criminality" -- 2. A CAREER OF CRIME -- The Infamous Traffic -- Telltale Scars -- The Soft Part of the Ears to Be Cut Off -- Did Her Good to See Him Beat the Boys -- The Philadelphia Connection -- A Career of Iniquity -- Seduced by the Devil -- 3. THE HISTORICAL LEGACY OF PATTY CANNON -- The Trade Is Likely to Thrive -- Money Was His God -- Follow the Drinking Gourd -- 4. THE LITERARY LEGACY OF PATTY CANNON -- Narrative and Confessions of Lucretia P. Cannon -- The Entailed Hat -- Patty Cannon Live! -- 5. ALONG THE NANTICOKE -- Where Patty Walked -- The Skull that Harbored a Criminal Mind -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

This article charts the broad shifts in Vanuatu's policy environment caused by progressive political fragmentation over the past 24 years. Recent electoral returns show an upsurge in support for independents and minor parties with strong local credibility, suggesting a move away from the 'big-picture' politics of the 1970s and 1980s, and a shift away from the major parties.

In this paper, I outline the institutional and cultural aspects of parliamentary politics in Melanesia with the intention of charting areas apt for institutional strengthening and capacity building projects, and those that are not. The paper represents part of a wider survey of attitudes to parliaments and parliamentarians across Melanesia. ; AusAID

In this paper, I outline the institutional and cultural aspects of parliamentary politics in Melanesia with the intention of charting areas apt for institutional strengthening and capacity building projects, and those that are not. The paper represents part of a wider survey of attitudes to parliaments and parliamentarians across Melanesia. ; AusAID