Research Catalog

Title

Politics in New Caledonia / Myriam Dornoy.

Author

Dornoy, Myriam.

Publication

[Sydney] : Sydney University Press, 1984.

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Details

Description

xvi, 302 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subjects

• France > Relations > New Caledonia
• New Caledonia > Relations > France
• New Caledonia > Colonization
• New Caledonia > Politics and government

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 279-295.

Contents

INTRODUCTION -- 1. ETHNO HISTORICAL ORIGINS -- The European discovery of New Caledonia -- The Catholic church and colonization -- Anglo-French rivalry in the Pacific -- French colonization, 1853-1940 : an overview -- Native resistance : the 1878 and 1917 revolts -- World War II and its effects -- 2. POPULATION -- The creation of the plural society in New Caledonia -- Contemporary developments -- Local population trends, movements and political implications -- Black and white : New Caledonia -- The different ethnic groups -- Wallis and Futuna Islanders -- Polynesians -- Indonesians -- Vietnamese -- Hebrideans (Ni-Vanuatu) -- Distribution of ethnic groups in education -- Distribution of ethnic groups in the workforce -- 3. LAW AND INSTITUTIONS -- French overseas policy -- Algeria -- Legislative changes 1956-76 -- Position of the French government -- Position of Melanesians -- Gendarmes, doctors and public servants -- The High Commissioner -- Positions of the neighbouring English-speaking countries -- Positions of the French communist and socialist parties -- 4. THE LAND PROBLEM AND THE ECONOMY -- The land problem -- Traditional land tenure -- European colonization -- The reserves -- Land and politics -- The economy -- Taxation -- Tourism -- Agriculture -- Nickel and the Société le Nickel -- Politics of nickel -- 5. POLITICAL GROUPS, FACTIONS AND PARTIES -- The political evolution of New Caledonia from 1945 to 1963 -- The evolution of the Union Calédonienne from 1971 to 1975 -- The Union Calédonienne 1976-7 -- The political evolution of the Union Multiraciale de Nouvelle Calédonie 1971-5 -- The Union Multiraciale 1976-7 -- The Union Progressiste Multiraciale -- The Parti Socialiste Calédonien -- The Mouvement Liberal Calédonien -- The Union Mouvelle Calédonienne -- The Union pour le Renouveau de la Cáledonie -- The Ensemble Toutes Ethies -- The Union Démocratique de Nouvelle Calédonie et des Nouvelles Hébrides -- Personalities and defections form the Union Calédonienne -- Political evolution of the pro-government parties -- The Rassemblement pour la République -- Para-political groups in New Caledonia -- Para-political groups opposed to the French Government -- The PALIKA -- Para-political groups supporting the French Government -- 6. OTHER VOICES -- The church -- The church and education : the Loi Debré -- The trade unions -- mass media in New Caledonia -- 7. ELECTIONS, ESPECIALLY 1977 -- Electoral results from 1945-1997 -- The municipal elections -- The territorial elections -- The territorial elections of 1977 -- The legislative elections of 1978 -- CONCLUSION -- POSTSCRIPT : NEW CALEDONIA 1978-82 -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A. From an unpublished diary of F. Lapetite -- Appendix B. ‘Acute d’Accusation” Contre Les Rebelles -- Appendix C. The rites of birth, marriage and death in Houailou and Hienghene -- Appendix D. Summary of a memorandum addressed to Mr Stirn -- Appendix E. Number of mining concessions of more than 300 hectares -- Appendix F. Declaration for independence made by Mr Y. C. Uregei -- Appendix G. Trail of Policeman Blairet for the murder of Richard Kamouda -- Appendix H. First Congress of the PALIKA, 27 May 1976.

ISBN

• 0424001012
• 9780424001012

LCCN

84148225

OCLC

• ocm11162088
• 11162088
• SCSB-622714

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library