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UNINA9910141943603321 |
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Autore |
Haley Nicole |
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Conflict and resource development in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea / / Nicole Haley and Ronald J. May (editors) |
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Canberra, : ANU Press, 2007 |
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : , : ANU Press, , 2007 |
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©2007 |
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9781921313462 |
1921313463 |
9781921313455 |
1921313455 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
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Studies in state and society in the Pacific ; ; 3 |
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Politics & government |
Papua New Guinea Southern Highlands Province |
Papua New Guinea Natural resources |
Papua New Guinea Public administration |
Papua New Guinea Intergroup relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The Southern Highlands is one of Papua New Guinea’s most resource-rich provinces, but for a number of years the province has been riven by conflict. Longstanding inter-group rivalries, briefly set aside during the colonial period, have been compounded by competition for the benefits provided by the modern state and by fighting over the distribution of returns from the several big mining and petroleum projects located within the province or impinging upon it. Deaths from the various conflicts over the past decade number in the hundreds. As a result of inter-group fighting, criminal activity and vandalism, a number of businesses have withdrawn from the province. Roadblocks and ambushes have made travel dangerous in many parts and expatriate missionaries and aid workers have left. Many public servants |
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have abandoned their posts with the result that state services are not provided. Corruption is rife. Police are often reluctant to act because they are outnumbered and outgunned. This volume brings together a number of authors with deep experience of the Southern Highlands to examine the underlying dynamics of resource development and conflict in the province. Its primary purpose is to provide some background to recent events, but the authors also explore possible approaches to limiting the human and economic costs of the ongoing conflict and breakdown of governance. |
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UNINA9910798459003321 |
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Autore |
Chernomas Robert |
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Titolo |
Economics in the Twenty-First Century : A Critical Perspective / / Robert Chernomas, Ian Hudson |
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Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] |
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©2016 |
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1-4426-2018-8 |
1-4426-2017-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Economics |
Libros electronicos. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- Development and growth -- Labor, income, and inequality in the United States -- Health, healthcare, and the individual -- Crime -- Two kinds of crises -- Conclusion. |
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"Economics has always been nicknamed the "dismal science," but today the field seems a little more dismal than usual as governments, social movements, and even students complain that the discipline is failing to make sense of the major economic problems of the day. In Economics in the Twenty-First Century, Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson demonstrate how today's top young economists continue to lead the |
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field in the wrong direction. The recent winners of the John Bates Clark medal, economics's "baby Nobel," have won that award for studying important issues such as economic development, income inequality, crime, and health. Examining their research, Chernomas and Hudson show that this work focuses on individual choice, ignores the systematic role of power in the economic system, and leads to solutions that are of limited effectiveness at best and harmful at worst. An accessible summary of the latest debates in economics, Economics in the Twenty-First Century takes on what is missing from mainstream economics, why it matters, and how the discipline can better address the key concerns of our era."-- |
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