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Law and Order in a Weak State : Crime and Politics in Papua New Guinea / Sinclair Dinnen.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pacific Islands Monographs SeriesPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2000]Copyright date: ©2001Description: 1 online resource (274 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824822804
  • 9780824863296
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.9953 22
LOC classification:
  • HV9960.P26 D56 2001eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Editor's Note -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Order in Papua New Guinea: A Historical Overview -- Chapter 3. Perspectives on Crime and Disorder -- Chapter 4. Rot Bilong Raskol: Passing through Crime -- Chapter 5. The Politics of Mining Security -- Chapter 6. Fighting and Votes: Violence, Security, and the 1992 National Elections -- Chapter 7. From Disintegration to Reintegration? -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary: Twenty-five years after independence, Papua New Guinea is beset by social, economic, and political problems: poverty and inequality, a young and expanding population, a stagnant economy, corruption, and rising crime. The state has not only failed to contain these problems but has become progressively implicated in their persistence. Escalating levels of violence and lawlessness are seen by many as the most serious challenge facing the young country.This book examines these problems of order in light of Papua New Guinea's remarkable social diversity and the impact of rapid and pervasive processes of change. Three original and strategic case studies involving urban gangs, mining security, and election violence form the core of the work. Each case study looks at particular forms of conflict, and the responses these engender, across different socioeconomic contexts and geographic locations. Empirical data are analyzed through a common framework that employs material, cultural and institutional perspectives, allowing readers to view the three cases through different theoretical prisms, identify linkages between them, and, in the process, build a larger picture of the post-colonial social order. Law and Order in a Weak State charts not only the problems of crime and lawlessness in Papua New Guinea but also the possibilities for constructive, pragmatic solutions. It will be of great interest to scholars, aid and policy officials, and others concerned with understanding the social complexities and challenges of contemporary Papua New Guinea.
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Frontmatter -- Editor's Note -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Order in Papua New Guinea: A Historical Overview -- Chapter 3. Perspectives on Crime and Disorder -- Chapter 4. Rot Bilong Raskol: Passing through Crime -- Chapter 5. The Politics of Mining Security -- Chapter 6. Fighting and Votes: Violence, Security, and the 1992 National Elections -- Chapter 7. From Disintegration to Reintegration? -- Notes -- References -- Index

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Twenty-five years after independence, Papua New Guinea is beset by social, economic, and political problems: poverty and inequality, a young and expanding population, a stagnant economy, corruption, and rising crime. The state has not only failed to contain these problems but has become progressively implicated in their persistence. Escalating levels of violence and lawlessness are seen by many as the most serious challenge facing the young country.This book examines these problems of order in light of Papua New Guinea's remarkable social diversity and the impact of rapid and pervasive processes of change. Three original and strategic case studies involving urban gangs, mining security, and election violence form the core of the work. Each case study looks at particular forms of conflict, and the responses these engender, across different socioeconomic contexts and geographic locations. Empirical data are analyzed through a common framework that employs material, cultural and institutional perspectives, allowing readers to view the three cases through different theoretical prisms, identify linkages between them, and, in the process, build a larger picture of the post-colonial social order. Law and Order in a Weak State charts not only the problems of crime and lawlessness in Papua New Guinea but also the possibilities for constructive, pragmatic solutions. It will be of great interest to scholars, aid and policy officials, and others concerned with understanding the social complexities and challenges of contemporary Papua New Guinea.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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