Papua New Guinea: The Struggle for Development

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Routledge, 28.07.2005 - 372 Seiten

Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:
* rapid economic growth and political conflict
* civil war on the island of Bougainville
* population growth and urbanisation
* mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts
* uneven development and social divisions.

 

Inhalt

1 Introduction
1
2 The constraints of late development
9
3 Subsistence and survival
43
4 An agricultural economy?
57
5 Fish forests and sustainable development
93
6 Mining
121
7 Mobile Melanesians?
167
8 Urbanisation urban life and the urban economy
187
9 Uneven development
221
10 The political economy of development
273
11 Conclusion
301
Bibliography
317
Index
351

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Autoren-Profil (2005)

John Connell is a professor of geography at the University of Sydney and a writer. He is the co-author, with Chris Gibson, of Outback Elvis: The story of a festival, its fans & a town called Parkes (2017). Their other books include Music Festivals and Regional Development in Australia (2014), Festival Places (2011), Music and Tourism: On the Road Again (2005) and Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity and Place (2003).

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