Self-determination in Oceania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2357020 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terence Wesley-Smith (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 29-46 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Race & Class (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-3968 • E-ISSN: 1741-3125 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0306396807073854 |
| OpenAlex | W2077545193 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 9 |
The interplay between national self-determination, the colonial legacy, the concept of sovereignty and the nature of state formation is what is at issue in any understanding of political development in the Pacific Islands. These complex territorial entities, scattered over thousands of square miles of ocean, embrace a vast range of cultural, geographical and linguistic diversity. Indigenous social and political organisation has been overlaid by arbitrary colonial divisions, and a model of western-style nation state formation promulgated by UN agencies. In the event, many of the fundamental economic and political problems of these societies have never been properly addressed-a situation exacerbated by the growing recourse to interventionism against 'failed' states by the most powerful. Any starting point for true self-determination in Oceania has to be found in indigenous practices of self-government
Colonialism · Diversity (politics · Government (linguistics · Indigenous · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Self-determination · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · State formation · International Development and Aid · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security
Toxic Colonialism in the Territorial Isles
Island Logic and the Decolonization of the Pacific
Reversing the Tide of Aid
Between crisis and persistence
After 9/11
The inverse sovereignty effect
French territories in the Forum
Vanuatu in Australia–China–Taiwan relations
Catalysing sustainable development through regional food system governance
Post-hegemonic regionalism in Oceania
The ‘-Pacific’ part of ‘Asia-Pacific
Geographies of Aid
Challenging the International Order
| Citations per year | 0.68 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |