Good governance in the Pacific? Ambivalence and possibility

Geoforum

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 967-984

  Roberts, Susan M ^a   Wright, Sarah ^b   O'Neill, Phillip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Good governance; Governance; Pacific; Pacific Islands Forum; Pacific Plan

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34547680530     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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