Regionalism and the Pacific Commonwealth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2879555 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Margaret Ball (Duke University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 232 |
| Publication date | 1973-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2756171 |
| OpenAlex | W2323530539 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
S INCE i962, four small South Pacific countries have become independent and assumed membership in the Commonwealth of Nations. One or two more are expected to do so within the next few years, while still others are now, or are shortly to become, fully self-governing. All of these new nations have had a limited, though increasing, experience with international cooperation. Most have a disposition to explore the degree to which further regional cooperation promises assistance in solving the important problems with which they are faced. To what extent can and do existing regional associations offer a prospect of effective help? What other sources of assistance have these countries? And to what extent is membership in the Commonwealth likely to be a factor in their further development? The new Commonwealth countries of the Pacific are Fiji, Nauru, Tonga, and Western Samoa. Cook Islands is fully self-governing, and both Papua/ New Guinea (P/NG) and the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP) are expected to become independent in the not distant future. Fiji achieved independence and joined the Commonwealth and the United Nations in 1970. Comprising a land area of approximately 7,000 square miles within some 275,000 square miles of ocean, it has a population of something over half a million-the majority of Indian origin-growing during the period i963-68 at an average rate of 3.I per cent a year. The Sixth Development Plan hopes to see the growth rate down to 2.3 per cent through population control measures begun in i964 and still pursued with vigor.' The most highly developed of the newly independent Pacific countries, Fiji is still troubled by a land shortage in rural areas; a need for greater efficiency in agricultural land use; unemployment problems; the uncertain future of sugar, long a mainstay of the economy; the need to regulate outside investment, particularly in the vital tourist industry; various problems con
Commonwealth · Development economics · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Political science · Politics · Regionalism (politics) · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2017 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |