State functioning and state failure in the South Pacific

Australian Journal of International Affairs

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 479-493

  Reilly, Benjamin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLITICAL PROCESS; STATE ROLE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); WORLD;

EID: 10344257245     PISSN: 10357718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1035771042000304742     Document Type: Article

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