Ethnic Accommodation in Oceania: Instances from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands

• Authors: Hassall Grahama
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper provides an overview of the ways in which recent tensions between ethnic groups in Oceania have been accommodated. It focuses on three cases from the Southwest Pacific: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands, in order to make a comparative note about the circumstances of these contexts in which constitutional exercises have followed violent conflict.

Keywords

EN

civil war in Bougainville; Ethnic accommodation; Ethnic conflict; Fiji; Solomon Islands

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia
• Year: 2017
• Volume: Tom 1
• Pages: 29-39

Dates

published

2017-06-01

Contributors

author

Hassall Grahama

• School of Government, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

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