Melanesia's violent environments: Towards a political ecology of conflict in the western Pacific

Geoforum

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 152-161

  Allen, M G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Governable spaces; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Political ecology; Resource capitalism; Resource conflict; Solomon Islands; Violence

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ETHNIC CONFLICT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LANDOWNERSHIP; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; POST-COLONIALISM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84872487780     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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