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Building a nation in Papua New Guinea : views of the post-Independence generation / edited by David Kavanamur, Charles Yala and Quinton Clements.

Title
Building a nation in Papua New Guinea : views of the post-Independence generation / edited by David Kavanamur, Charles Yala and Quinton Clements.
Publication
Canberra : Pandanus Books, ©2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Yala, Charles
  • Kavanamur, David
  • Clements, Quinton
Description
xv, 373 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
Collection of essays by the post-independence generation of PNG that articulate a vision for the future while at the same time providing an insight into the last 25 years since independence. A state-of-the- nation assessment that also addresses future development.
Subject
  • Since 1900
  • Nation-building > Papua New Guinea > Congresses
  • Reconstruction d'une nation > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Congrès
  • Nation-building
  • Politics and government
  • Gründung
  • Nationenbildung
  • Staat
  • Papua New Guinea > History > 20th century > Congresses
  • Papua New Guinea > Politics and government > 1975- > Congresses
  • Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Histoire > 20e siècle > Congrès
  • Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Politique et gouvernement > 1975- > Congrès
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Papua-Neuguinea
Genre/Form
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographicals references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Preface / Steven Winduo -- Introduction : a mixed inheritance / David Kavanamur, Charles Yala & Quinton Clements -- Setting the scene -- PNG in the new millennium : some troubled homecomings / Regis Stella -- Aspects of good governance -- A democratic audit for Papua New Guinea / Alphonse Gelu -- Enhancing nation building through the provincial government system in Papua New Guinea : overtures toward federalism / Henry T. Okole -- PNG defence force : an analysis of its past, present and future roles / James S. Laki -- Bureaucratic corruption in Papua New Guinea : causes, consequences and remedies / Hengene Payani -- Challenges in reporting corruption in newspapers / Joe R. Kanekane -- Economic development : progress and challenges -- An appraisal of the Papua New Guinean economy : retrospect and prospects / Modowa T. Gumoi.
  • The future of foreign aid in Papua New Guinea after 25 years of successes or failures / Christopher Taylor Hnanguie -- Have we walked 'on the clear(ed) path?' An assessment of the development of industrial relations in Papua New Guinea / Benedict Y. Imbun -- Environment and development in Papua New Guinea : 25 years on / Enaha Peri Kwa -- Efficient management of forest resources / Ruth C.H. Turia -- Social development : problems and prospects -- The health problems of the 21st century : persisting problems and emerging challenges / Francis W. Hombhanje -- Education and development in Papua New Guinea / Samuel Haihuie -- Civil society and nation building / Anne Dickson-Waiko -- Gender and development in Papua New Guinea / Margaret G. Vatnabar -- The role of churches in nation building in Papua New Guinea / Daniel K. Leke -- Peace studies as a process of peace building : an alternative approach to violence in PNG, 25 years and beyond / Julienne Kaman -- Problems of housing resources in Papua New Guinea / Elizabeth Kopel.
ISBN
  • 174076028X
  • 9781740760287
LCCN
2005391611
OCLC
  • 54942130
  • SCSB-11609161
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library