Framing the islands power and diplomatic agency in Pacific regionalism

Since its origins in late eighteenth-century European thought, the idea of placing a regional frame around the Pacific islands has never been just an exercise in geographical mapping. This framing has always been a political exercise. Contending regional projects and visions have been part of a poli...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Australian National University Press (-)
Other Authors: Fry, Greg, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia : ANU Press 2019
[2019]
Series:Pacific series.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419759106719
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Framing Oceania
  • 2. Rethinking the political meaning of Pacific regionalism
  • 3. The 'South Seas' in the imperial imagination
  • 4. Colonial regionalism
  • 5. The South Pacific experiment
  • 6. The decolonisation of regional governance
  • 7. The postcolonial regional polity
  • 8. Regional self-determination
  • 9. Negotiating regional security in the Cold War
  • 10. Negotiating Pacific island development in the post-independence era
  • 11. The neoliberal ascendancy and its critics
  • 12. Reframing regional security in the post-Cold War era
  • 13. The 'new' Pacific diplomacy and the transformation of regionalism
  • 14. Conclusion: Power and diplomatic agency in Pacific regionalism.