Globalisation and Governance in the Pacific Islands : State, Society and Governance in Melanesia

Firth, Stewart

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“…Côte 50 even refers to the advent of agriculture in these oases as a "by-product" of this long-distance trade and of a world based on a "vie de relation" (a relational life). Algeria's Sahara today is once again connected in a myriad of ways to the new globalization as described by authors such as Firth 51 , which means that agricultural development in even these far-flung places can only be understood when accounting for the different interlinked geographic and social mobilities of people, ideas, information and objects that we revealed.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agriculture in Motion: Intertwined Geographical and Socio-professional Mobilities in North Africa s Groundwater Economy

Kuper¹,

Naouri²,

Hartani³

2018

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In this paper, we examine the greenhouse horticulture in Algeria's Sahara, which is one illustrative example of the agricultural transitions that have taken place in North Africa on the new irrigation frontiers created through groundwater use. The entrepreneurial farming systems in the region are characterized by considerable mobility. Geographic mobilities of people, ideas, capital, information, and objects and socio-professional mobilities are intrinsically intertwined, whereby skilled sharecroppers and laborers move sometimes over hundreds of kilometers, attracted by the opportunities of quick monetary gains and by the opportunities of rapid socio-professional upward mobility. This paper analyzes, first the different forms of socio-professional and geographical mobilities associated with the groundwater-based farming systems in Algeria's Sahara, with a particular focus on mobile young farmers; then focuses on the multiple borders that these young farmers crossed on their trajectory; and their return journey after they quit the Sahara. Özet Devinen Tarım: Kuzey Afrika'nın Yeraltı Suyu Ekonomisinde İç İçe Geçmiş Coğrafi ve Sosyo-profesyonel HareketliliklerBu makalede, Kuzey Afrika'nın yeraltı suyu kullanımıyla oluşturulan sulama sınırlarındaki tarımsal dönüşümlerin aydınlatıcı örneklerinden biri olan Cezayir Sahra'sındaki sera bahçeciliği incelenmektedir. Bölgedeki girişimci tarım sistemleri, dikkate değer bir hareketlilik ile nitelenmektedir. İnsanların, fikirlerin, sermayenin, bilginin ve nesnelerin coğrafi hareketliliği ve sosyo-profesyonel hareketlilikler, ortakçı çiftçiler ve işçilerin, hızlı parasal kazançların ve sosyo-profesyonel yükselme olanaklarının çekiciliğine kapılarak bazen yüzlerce kilometre yer değiştirmeleri vasıtasıyla, özünde iç içe geçmiş durumdadırlar. Bu makale, hareketli genç çiftçileri odağına alarak, Cezayir Sahra'sındaki yeraltı suyu merkezli tarımsal sistemlerle ilişkili sosyo-profesyonel ve coğrafi hareketliliklerin farklı formlarını, bu genç çiftçilerin güzergahlarında geçtikleri çoklu sınırları ve Sahra'yı bırakmaları ardından yaptıkları geri dönüş yolculuklarını analiz etmektedir.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Agriculture in Motion: Intertwined Geographical and Socio-professional Mobilities in North Africa s Groundwater Economy

Kuper¹,

Naouri²,

Hartani³

2018

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“…Economically, the pacific islands are on the global periphery taking an underlying position in its political and economic relationship with core nations (Firth, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Economically, the Pacific Islands are on the global periphery taking an underlying position in its political and economic relationship with core nations (Firth, 2006). Consequently, rugby has developed into a popular migration opportunity (Horton, 2012).…”

Section: Rugby In the Pacific Islands And Super Rugby Expansionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A qualitative exploration of the franchise establishment process: a case study analysis of “Moana Pasifika” and “Fijian Drua”

Davies

Read²

2022

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PurposeLeague expansion involves a significant investment of time, money and resources. Therefore, ensuring the success of new franchises is imperative to the commercial health of a competition; however, there is an absence of studies examining the establishment process of franchises. In 2020, Super Rugby announced that it would expand in 2022 with the inclusion of two new franchises, Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika. The article explores what implementation challenges Drua and Pasifika faced during franchise establishment.Design/methodology/approachFollowing a qualitative case study methodology, data were collected via newspaper, website and document repository ‘Nexis’, and triangulated against interviews with five expert individuals involved in franchise establishment. Applying mixed-coding, thematic analysis using Redmond's franchise expansion factors framework, six deductive and two inductive themes were generated.FindingsIn accordance with Redmond's franchise expansion factors framework, financial sustainability, competitive balance and labour market challenges were identified as internal challenges, whilst media relationships, market competition and community engagement were highlighted as external challenges. Additionally, two new factors, infrastructure and business operations and youth development, were inductively identified as issues during franchise establishment extending Redmond's model.Originality/valueThe study offers strategic guidance to practitioners on franchise establishment and provides insight into cross-border expansion processes. Theoretically, the research supports and extends the applicability of Redmond's expansion factors framework for future research.

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“…Some three quarters of all manufactured exports were garments. Since the 2000 coup and the gradual reduction in protection in Australia and New Zealand (Manueli, 2000; Storey, 2004; Firth, 2005), several factories have closed (and others relocated to Pakistan and China), wages have stagnated and employment has fallen to around 10 000 people (Weller, 2006). In the first few months of 2005 one company closed garment factories in three towns, with the largest in Lautoka losing 3000 workers ( Fiji Sun , 25 April 2005).…”

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“…Both PICTA and PACER were developed in order to satisfy the demands of more powerful members of the Pacific Island Forum, Australia and New Zealand. Indeed, given the limited role of PICTA within the region, its negotiation was ‘to reassure aid donors and the institutions of global governance that they are adapting to the new global trading order’ (Firth, 2005, 4), rather than through anticipation of real gains. In developing these trading bloc agreements, the Pacific SIDS initially intended to keep Australia and New Zealand out, but that proved impossible.…”

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Towards Free Trade in the Pacific? The Genesis of the ‘Kava‐Biscuit War’ between Fiji and Vanuatu

Connell

2007

Geographical Research

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Contemporary movements towards trade liberalisation have influenced economic development in Pacific island states, where opportunities for growth have always been restricted. The new free trade, centred on comparative advantage, is especially challenging for countries producing sugar, where diversification is difficult, and for the smallest states where trade options have always been limited. New regional trade agreements have been introduced in the Pacific as a step towards global free trade, but have emphasised trade rivalry and conflict, characterised by the 'kava-biscuit war' between Fiji and Vanuatu, rather than complementary trade and cooperation. Movement towards free trade poses acute problems for island states, yet international agreements have not recognised their particular disadvantages, and continue to stress benefits that are nowhere apparent in the Pacific.

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Globalisation and Governance in the Pacific Islands : State, Society and Governance in Melanesia

Cited by 9 publications

References 59 publications

Agriculture in Motion: Intertwined Geographical and Socio-professional Mobilities in North Africa s Groundwater Economy

Agriculture in Motion: Intertwined Geographical and Socio-professional Mobilities in North Africa s Groundwater Economy

A qualitative exploration of the franchise establishment process: a case study analysis of “Moana Pasifika” and “Fijian Drua”

Towards Free Trade in the Pacific? The Genesis of the ‘Kava‐Biscuit War’ between Fiji and Vanuatu

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