State building. Dilemmas of intervention and the building of state and nation -- Unrest. Politics of disorder: the social unrest in Honiara -- No more walkabout long Chinatown: Asian involvement in the economic and political process -- Elections and Political Process. Westminster meets Solomons in the Honiara riots -- Rainbows across the mountains: the first post-RAMSI general elections -- The impact of RAMSI on the 2006 elections -- RAMSI. RAMSI-the way ahead -- Provincial Perspectives. Kastom and theocracy: a reflection on governance from the uttermost part of the world -- The coup nobody noticed: the Solomon Islands Western State movement in 2000 -- Crisis in Solomon Islands: foraging for new directions -- Appendix 1: The unrest in Honiara-an Australian government perspective -- Appendix 2: Commission of Inquiry into the April 2006 Civil Unrest in Honiara. Terms of Reference -- Appendix 3: Pacific Islands Forum Review of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands
Summary
"'Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands' examines a crisis moment in recent Solomon Islands history. Contributors examine what happened when unrest engulfed the capital of the small Melanesian country in the aftermath of the 2006 national elections, and consider what these events show about the Solomon Islands political system, the influence of Asian interests in business and politics, and why the crisis is best understood in the context of the country's volatile blend of traditional and modern politics"--Provided by publisher
Analysis
Economic conditions
Politics and government
Solomon islands
Notes
"This collection originates in a one-day conference organised jointly by the State Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM) Program and the Pacific Centre at the Australian National University on 5 May 2006"--Preface
