ISBN:
9781760465032
,
9781760465025 (print)
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XV, 262 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Pacific Series
Keywords:
Neuguinea Papua-Neuguinea
;
Politik
;
Regierung
;
Wahl
;
Dezentralisation
;
Kriminalität
;
Korruption
;
Wirtschaft
Abstract:
Papua New Guinea (PNG), a nation of now almost nine million people, continues to evolve and adapt. While there is no shortage of recent data and research on PNG, the two most recent social science volumes on the country were both written more than a decade ago. Since then, much has changed and much has been learnt. What has been missing is a volume that brings together the most recent research and reports on the most recent data. Papua New Guinea: Government, Economy and Society fills that gap.Written by experts at the University of Papua New Guinea and The Australian National University among others, this book provides up-to-date surveys of critical policy issues for PNG across a range of fields, from elections and politics, decentralisation, and crime and corruption, to PNG`s economic trajectory and household living standards, to uneven development, communication and the media. The volume`s authors provide an overview of the data collected and research undertaken in these various fields in an engaging and accessible way.Edited by Professor Stephen Howes and Professor Lekshmi N. Pillai, Papua New Guinea: Government, Economy and Society is a must-read for students, policymakers and anyone interested in understanding this complex and fascinating country.
Description / Table of Contents:
Acronyms ix - List of figures xi - List of tables xv - 1. Introduction 1 - Stephen Howes and Lekshmi N. Pillai - Part I: Politics and Governance - 2. Elections and politics 17 - Michael Kabuni, Maholopa Laveil, Geejay Milli and Terence Wood - 3. Decentralisation: A political analysis 57 - Stephen Howes, Lawrence Sause and Lhawang Ugyel - 4. Crime and corruption 87 - Grant W. Walton and Sinclair Dinnen - Part II: The Economy - 5. PNG`s economic trajectory: The long view 125 - Stephen Howes, Rohan Fox, Maholopa Laveil, Luke McKenzie, Albert Prabhakar Gudapati and Dek Sum - 6. Have living standards improved in PNG over the last two decades? Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys 163 - Manoj K. Pandey and Stephen Howes - Part III: Society - 7. Uneven development and its effects: Livelihoods and urban and rural spaces in Papua New Guinea 193 - John Cox, Grant W. Walton, Joshua Goa and Dunstan Lawihin 8. Communication, information and the media 223 - Amanda H. A. Watson - Contributors 261
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