Political integrity laws in Papua New Guinea and the search for stability

Pacific Economic Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-117

  Baker, Louise ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEGISLATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WORLD;

EID: 20844456598     PISSN: 08178038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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