Framing the Islands : Power and Diplomatic Agency in Pacific Regionalism.

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Since its origins in late eighteenth-century European thought, the idea of placing a regional frame around the Pacific islands has never been just an exercise in geographical mapping. This framing has always been a political exercise. Contending regional projects and visions have been part of a poli...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fry, Greg
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra : ANU Press, 2019.
Series:Pacific series.
Subjects:
Regionalism > Pacific Area.
Pacific Area cooperation.
National security > Pacific Area.
Régionalisme > Pacifique, Région du.
Coopération dans le Pacifique.
National security
Pacific Area cooperation
Politics and government
Regionalism
Pacific Area > Politics and government.
Pacific Area
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Framing Oceania; 2. Rethinking the political meaning of Pacific regionalism; 3. The 'South Seas' in the imperial imagination; 4. Colonial regionalism; 5. The South Pacific experiment; 6. The decolonisation of regional governance; 7. The postcolonial regional polity; 8. Regional self-determination; 9. Negotiating regional security in the Cold War; 10. Negotiating Pacific island development in the post-independence era; 11. The neoliberal ascendancy and its critics; 12. Reframing regional security in the post-Cold War era
  • 13. The 'new' Pacific diplomacy and the transformation of regionalism14. Conclusion: Power and diplomatic agency in Pacific regionalism; Bibliography; Index

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