The coming anarchy in oceania: A critique of the 'Africanisation' of the South Pacific thesis

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-34

  Fraenkel, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POST-COLONIALISM;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

EID: 1942530718     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14662040408565567     Document Type: Article

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