Conflict in Melanesia : Themes and Lessons
This case study examines contemporary experiences of conflict in four contexts: Papua New Guinea, with particular reference to the island of Bougainville and the Highlands region; Solomon Islands; and Vanuatu. We find common themes in these experie...
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ABUSE ABUSES ACCOUNTABILITY ADOPTION AGGRESSION AGREEMENT AID FLOWS ALIGNMENT ALLIANCE ALLIANCES ARMED CONFLICT ARMS ARMS RACE ARMY AUDITOR BANK BILATERAL AID BLOCKADE BOUNDARIES BUDGET PRIORITIES BUSINESSMAN CAPACITY BUILDING CATALYST CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS CIVIL WAR COLD WAR COLLAPSE COLLECTIVE ACTION COMBATANTS COMMON LAW COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY LEADERS COMPLAINTS COMPROMISE CONFIDENCE CONFLICT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT MEDIATION CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICTING PARTIES CONFLICTS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM CONSULTATION PROCESS CONTRACT CONTROLLING CORRUPTION CONVENTIONS CORRUPT CORRUPT OFFICIALS CORRUPTION CORRUPTIONS COUNTERPARTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINALS DEATHS DEFENCE DEFENSE DEMOBILIZATION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DIPLOMACY DISARMAMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISPUTES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC RELATIONS ECONOMIES ECONOMY EXPERTS EXPLOITATION EXTERNAL INTERVENTION EXTERNAL INTERVENTIONS EXTORTION EXCOMBATANT FIGHTING FINANCE MANAGEMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN POLICY FOREIGNERS GANG GANGS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT CONTROL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENTS GROWTH GROWTH RATES GUERRILLA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS INDEPENDENCE INDICATORS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INDUSTRIALIZATION INITIATIVE INITIATIVES INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL DONORS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION INTERNATIONAL LEVELS INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY INVESTIGATION JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAW LAWS LEADERSHIP LIMITED RESOURCES LOCAL CAPACITY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL LEVELS LOCAL MECHANISMS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKETS MEETINGS MEMBER STATES MERCENARIES MILITARY MILITARY ASSISTANCE MILITARY FORCES MILITIA MILITIAS MINISTER MINISTERS MODALITIES MONETARY COMPENSATION MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS NATION NATION BUILDING NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONALISM NATIONS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGOTIATION NEGOTIATIONS NUMBER OF DEATHS OBSERVER OBSERVERS OLDER MEN ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONS PARLIAMENT PATRONAGE PEACE PEACE AGREEMENTS PEACE BUILDING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS PEACE PROCESS PEACEBUILDING PEACEKEEPING PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS PEACEMAKERS PEACEMAKING POLICE POLICE FORCE POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICERS POLICIES POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL FORCES POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLITICAL OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL SETTLEMENT POLITICAL STRUCTURES POLITICIAN POLITICIANS POLITICS POPULATION POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATIONS POVERTY PRESCRIPTIONS PRIME MINISTER PROGRESS PROJECTS PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT REBELS RECONCILIATION REGULATION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESPECT ROAD RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SCHOOL FEES SECURITY FORCES SELF-RELIANCE SERVICE SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICES SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL INEQUALITIES SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOVEREIGNTY STATE GOVERNMENT STATISTICS STRATEGIES STUDENTS SUBSTANCE ABUSE TACTICS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING TREATY TRUST UNEMPLOYMENT UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION UNIVERSITY URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBANIZATION VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WAR WARFARE WARS WEAPON WEAPONS WOMEN WORLD DEVELOPMENT YOUTH Dinnen, Sinclair Porter, Doug Sage, Caroline Conflict in Melanesia : Themes and Lessons |
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This case study examines contemporary
experiences of conflict in four contexts: Papua New Guinea,
with particular reference to the island of Bougainville and
the Highlands region; Solomon Islands; and Vanuatu. We find
common themes in these experiences, despite the regions
famous sociolinguistic diversity, fragmented geography and
varied experience of globalization. Melanesia offers
distinctive lessons about how conflict may be understood,
promoted and avoided. The paper is organized in two broad
parts. The first part is contextual. It provides a brief
account of conflict and violence in social life before and
after colonization. It then tracks, largely chronologically,
through the local, national and transnational dimensions of
contemporary conflict, how it was avoided, how it has
changed, and how it has been managed in different contexts.
Particular attention is given to global and regional
influences, and to how governments, local people, and
external security, development and commercial actors, have
worked to mitigate and, at times, exacerbate conflict. The
second part of the case study is more analytical. It steps
back from the particulars to address themes and propositions
in the overall conceptual framing of World Development
Report (WDR) 2011 about the nature of conflict, and the
underlying stresses and interests that may render it more
likely. Part two draws lessons from the histories and
contexts discussed in part one. The report organizes these
around three themes that reflect views shared with us by
people during consultations. The first highlights the need
to recognize conflict as an inherent part of social change
and thus the need to distinguish between socially generative
social contest, and forms of conflict that are corrosive and
destructive. The second examines how the ways people
'see' and understand the world directly shapes
systems of regulation and 'the rules of the game'
and thus directly affect responses to conflict. The third
theme argues that capable and legitimate institutions to
regulate social contest requires not just capable state
institutions, but as much, relationships with local and
international agents and organizations operating below and
above the state. |
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Dinnen, Sinclair Porter, Doug Sage, Caroline |
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Dinnen, Sinclair Porter, Doug Sage, Caroline |
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Conflict in Melanesia : Themes and Lessons |
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Conflict in Melanesia : Themes and Lessons |
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Conflict in Melanesia : Themes and Lessons |
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Conflict in Melanesia : Themes and Lessons |
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Conflict in Melanesia : Themes and Lessons |
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conflict in melanesia : themes and lessons |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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okr-10986-275032021-04-23T14:04:43Z Conflict in Melanesia : Themes and Lessons Dinnen, Sinclair Porter, Doug Sage, Caroline ABUSE ABUSES ACCOUNTABILITY ADOPTION AGGRESSION AGREEMENT AID FLOWS ALIGNMENT ALLIANCE ALLIANCES ARMED CONFLICT ARMS ARMS RACE ARMY AUDITOR BANK BILATERAL AID BLOCKADE BOUNDARIES BUDGET PRIORITIES BUSINESSMAN CAPACITY BUILDING CATALYST CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS CIVIL WAR COLD WAR COLLAPSE COLLECTIVE ACTION COMBATANTS COMMON LAW COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY LEADERS COMPLAINTS COMPROMISE CONFIDENCE CONFLICT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT MEDIATION CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICTING PARTIES CONFLICTS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM CONSULTATION PROCESS CONTRACT CONTROLLING CORRUPTION CONVENTIONS CORRUPT CORRUPT OFFICIALS CORRUPTION CORRUPTIONS COUNTERPARTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINALS DEATHS DEFENCE DEFENSE DEMOBILIZATION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DIPLOMACY DISARMAMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISPUTES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC RELATIONS ECONOMIES ECONOMY EXPERTS EXPLOITATION EXTERNAL INTERVENTION EXTERNAL INTERVENTIONS EXTORTION EXCOMBATANT FIGHTING FINANCE MANAGEMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN POLICY FOREIGNERS GANG GANGS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT CONTROL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENTS GROWTH GROWTH RATES GUERRILLA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS INDEPENDENCE INDICATORS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INDUSTRIALIZATION INITIATIVE INITIATIVES INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL DONORS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION INTERNATIONAL LEVELS INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY INVESTIGATION JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAW LAWS LEADERSHIP LIMITED RESOURCES LOCAL CAPACITY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL LEVELS LOCAL MECHANISMS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKETS MEETINGS MEMBER STATES MERCENARIES MILITARY MILITARY ASSISTANCE MILITARY FORCES MILITIA MILITIAS MINISTER MINISTERS MODALITIES MONETARY COMPENSATION MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS NATION NATION BUILDING NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONALISM NATIONS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGOTIATION NEGOTIATIONS NUMBER OF DEATHS OBSERVER OBSERVERS OLDER MEN ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONS PARLIAMENT PATRONAGE PEACE PEACE AGREEMENTS PEACE BUILDING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS PEACE PROCESS PEACEBUILDING PEACEKEEPING PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS PEACEMAKERS PEACEMAKING POLICE POLICE FORCE POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICERS POLICIES POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL FORCES POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLITICAL OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL SETTLEMENT POLITICAL STRUCTURES POLITICIAN POLITICIANS POLITICS POPULATION POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATIONS POVERTY PRESCRIPTIONS PRIME MINISTER PROGRESS PROJECTS PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT REBELS RECONCILIATION REGULATION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESPECT ROAD RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SCHOOL FEES SECURITY FORCES SELF-RELIANCE SERVICE SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICES SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL INEQUALITIES SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOVEREIGNTY STATE GOVERNMENT STATISTICS STRATEGIES STUDENTS SUBSTANCE ABUSE TACTICS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING TREATY TRUST UNEMPLOYMENT UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION UNIVERSITY URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBANIZATION VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WAR WARFARE WARS WEAPON WEAPONS WOMEN WORLD DEVELOPMENT YOUTH This case study examines contemporary experiences of conflict in four contexts: Papua New Guinea, with particular reference to the island of Bougainville and the Highlands region; Solomon Islands; and Vanuatu. We find common themes in these experiences, despite the regions famous sociolinguistic diversity, fragmented geography and varied experience of globalization. Melanesia offers distinctive lessons about how conflict may be understood, promoted and avoided. The paper is organized in two broad parts. The first part is contextual. It provides a brief account of conflict and violence in social life before and after colonization. It then tracks, largely chronologically, through the local, national and transnational dimensions of contemporary conflict, how it was avoided, how it has changed, and how it has been managed in different contexts. Particular attention is given to global and regional influences, and to how governments, local people, and external security, development and commercial actors, have worked to mitigate and, at times, exacerbate conflict. The second part of the case study is more analytical. It steps back from the particulars to address themes and propositions in the overall conceptual framing of World Development Report (WDR) 2011 about the nature of conflict, and the underlying stresses and interests that may render it more likely. Part two draws lessons from the histories and contexts discussed in part one. The report organizes these around three themes that reflect views shared with us by people during consultations. The first highlights the need to recognize conflict as an inherent part of social change and thus the need to distinguish between socially generative social contest, and forms of conflict that are corrosive and destructive. The second examines how the ways people 'see' and understand the world directly shapes systems of regulation and 'the rules of the game' and thus directly affect responses to conflict. The third theme argues that capable and legitimate institutions to regulate social contest requires not just capable state institutions, but as much, relationships with local and international agents and organizations operating below and above the state. 2017-06-30T16:04:39Z 2017-06-30T16:04:39Z 2010-11-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/970751468144280744/Conflict-in-Melanesia-themes-and-lessons http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27503 English en_US World Development Report 2011 Background Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific |