Winners and Losers: Politics and Disorder in the Solomon Islands 2000-2002

Dinnen, Sinclair

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“…It is estimated that up to 20,000 people were forced to seek refuge in Honiara or return to their islands of origin. The crisis has been represented primarily as an ethnic conflict, yet many other factors are involved (Dinnen 2002). Many of these are linked to a rapidly increasing population, which in the case of Solomon Islands had grown from 195,000 at the time of independence to 450,000 by 2000 (Bennett 2002).…”

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Adaptation of Human Coping Strategies in a Small Island Society in the SW Pacific—50 Years of Change in the Coupled Human–Environment System on Bellona, Solomon Islands

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Coupled human-environmental timelines are used to explore the temporal coevolution of driving forces and adaptive strategies from the 1960s to 2006 on Bellona in the SW Pacific. Climatic events and agro-environmental conditions are assessed in conjunction with issues such as population dynamics, agricultural strategies, non-agricultural activities, transport and infrastructure, migration, education, political conditions, etc. Satellite imagery and aerial photos reveal relative stability in agricultural land use intensity despite an increase in de facto population (51% from 1966-2006). Results of questionnaire survey of 48 households show that the utilization of natural resources (notably shifting cultivation and fisheries) remains widespread, although it is increasingly supplemented by other income generating activities (e.g., shopkeeping, private business, government employment). Group interviews are used to discuss ways in which the local communities' adaptive resource management strategies have been employed in the face of climatic and socioeconomic events and changes in the recent past. Fifty years' development is described as a combination of continuity and change. Resource management practices are only marginally impacted by different stress factors, but the importance of agriculture has been decreasing in relative terms. Culturally determined bonds have become a main 'mechanism' to cope with environmental or socioeconomic stress and the Bellonese have become less vulnerable to external shocks.

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Adaptation of Human Coping Strategies in a Small Island Society in the SW Pacific—50 Years of Change in the Coupled Human–Environment System on Bellona, Solomon Islands

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“…There have been some excellent examinations of the crisis and the intervention, but they are not the focus of this book. The reader interested in the Tensions and RAMSI's role in the reconstruction is referred to Allen (2005Allen ( , 2009Allen ( and 2011, Dinnen (2002), Allen and Dinnen (2010), Dinnen and Firth (2008), Fraenkel (2004), and Braithwaite et al (2010). The reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, recently made available despite the government embargo, contain much important information on the nature and extent of the civil unrest, its aftermath and the need to confront the truth as an act of healing (Solomon Islands Government.…”

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The Naturalist and his "Beautiful Islands": Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific

Lawrence¹

2014

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“…Various development practices need not discard logical models of skills, equity, community regeneration, and so forth, but they can only be fully realized in a localized context through wider participation and recognition of the dynamic, multivocal narrative that gives meaning and context to everyday Solomon Islands epistemologies. 2 The period of civil, economic, and political disruption at the turn of the century throughout parts of Solomon Islands has commonly been referred to as "the Tensions," a broad term intended to avoid the oversimplified label of "ethnic conflict" (see Dinnen 2002;Kabutaulaka 2004;Fraenkel 2004;Moore 2004).…”

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Playing with Knowledge: Sport and the Paradox of Development in Solomon Islands

Mountjoy¹

2014

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There has never really been a coherent policy for the development of sport in this country. Politicians are always trying to find out where sport fits into official policy. You see how sport has been thrown back and forth between different ministries over the years. It is a grey area for the government; it has been for successive governments since independence. It seems to boil down to money issues, but also a lack of willpower, and maybe too many stubborn people. This just goes to show the lack of initiative taken to firmly place sport alongside the education and development of the youth and see its benefits to the nation as a whole. It should be left for the people to decide, not these guys in suits.

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Winners and Losers: Politics and Disorder in the Solomon Islands 2000-2002

Cited by 64 publications

References 4 publications

Adaptation of Human Coping Strategies in a Small Island Society in the SW Pacific—50 Years of Change in the Coupled Human–Environment System on Bellona, Solomon Islands

Adaptation of Human Coping Strategies in a Small Island Society in the SW Pacific—50 Years of Change in the Coupled Human–Environment System on Bellona, Solomon Islands

The Naturalist and his "Beautiful Islands": Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific

Playing with Knowledge: Sport and the Paradox of Development in Solomon Islands

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