Indigenous Commercial Ambitions and Decentralisation in Papua New Guinea: The Missing Driver of Reform
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dc.contributor.author | MacWilliam, Scott | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-09T00:48:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-09T00:48:58Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1328-7854 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/140518 | |
dc.description.abstract | This Discussion Paper argues that the initial mid- 1970s establishment of provincial governments as forms of decentralised authority has been misunderstood. Anthony Regan, to cite one instance, has argued that there was intended to be ‘a radical redistribution of power, requiring the creation of new centres of power able to act as a counterbalance to the central government as well as operate as new arenas for resolution of local tensions and disputes’ (1992:9). Instead, here it is argued that the principal determinant of the constitutional reforms was the continuing drive by indigenes to open up space in the postcolonial state so that their hold on political power could be transformed into commercial opportunities. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | AusAID | |
dc.format.extent | 13 pages | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | Canberra, ACT: State, Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM), Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Discussion Paper (The Australian National University, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM) Program): 2016/1 | |
dc.rights | Author/s retain copyright | |
dc.rights | The permission to archive the paper was granted via email, archived in ERMS2230096 | |
dc.source.uri | http://dpa.bellschool.anu.edu.au/ssgm-research-communication/discussion-paper-series | |
dc.title | Indigenous Commercial Ambitions and Decentralisation in Papua New Guinea: The Missing Driver of Reform | |
dc.type | Working/Technical Paper | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u3297900xPUB199 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 1 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.25911/5f20022ec6f9a | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
local.mintdoi | mint | |
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