Redefining the Pacific?

Jenny Bryant-Tokalau is a Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where she teaches Contemporary Pacific Cultures and Cultural Interpretations of Environment and Nature. As former Associate Professor of Geography at the University of the South Pacific (Fiji), and head of the Global Environment Facility unit for UNDP in Suva, she authored a number of publications and reports on poverty and development. Jenny's current research interests include poverty, inequality and environment linkages in the Pacific, and issues of environmental governance. Ian Frazer has recently retired as Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Otago. His research interests include the history & political economy of the independent Melanesian states especially Solomon Islands; the study of work; historical sociology. He also served as head of Anthropology at Otago University for a number of years before he retired.

This comprehensive volume examines the future effectiveness of regional institutions as well as key questions concerning the attempts to overcome ongoing serious problems of security, governance and poor economic performance in the Pacific.

Contents: Introduction: The uncertain future of pacific regionalism, Ian Frazer and Jenny Bryant-Tokalau. Redefining the Pacific: Policy Statements: Pacific Regionalism: Tradition, continuity and renewal, Philip Goff; The Pacific Islands Forum and regional cooperation, Andie Fong Toy; Pacific regionalism: perspectives on the Pacific plan, Michael Powles; New Zealand's approach to pacific security, Graham Fortune. Policy Reviews: The war on terrorism and security cooperation in the Pacific, Dirk Nabers; Managing tuna fisheries in the pacific: a regional success story?, Sandra Tarte; Governance, capacity and legitimacy: EPAs, EBA and the European Union's pacific regionalism after Cotonou, Martin Holland and Malakai Koloamatangi. Failed States and Pacific Regionalism: There goes the neighbourhood: the politics of failed states and regional intervention in the pacific, Terence Wesley-Smith; Political instability, 'Failed States' and regional intervention in the Pacific, Jon Fraenkel. New Regionalisms: New regionalisms and prospects for sustainable island and ocean governance in the Pacific at the start of the new millennium, Timothy M Shaw; The Pacific Plan: a political and cultural critique, Elise Huffer; Epilogue: future uncertain?, Ian Frazer and Jenny Bryant-Tokalau; Bibliography; Index.