1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBE600200070347

Titolo

Ashod VI : The Excavations of Areas H and K (1968-1969) / Moshe Dothan and David Ben-Shlomo ; with contributions by Donald T. Ariel [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jerusalem, : Israel Antiquities Autority, 2005

Descrizione fisica

IV, 310 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141943603321

Autore

Haley Nicole

Titolo

Conflict and resource development in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea / / Nicole Haley and Ronald J. May (editors)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, : ANU Press, 2007

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : , : ANU Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

9781921313462

1921313463

9781921313455

1921313455

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Studies in state and society in the Pacific ; ; 3

Disciplina

330.99561

Soggetti

Politics & government

Papua New Guinea Southern Highlands Province

Papua New Guinea Natural resources

Papua New Guinea Public administration

Papua New Guinea Intergroup relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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 As a result of inter-group fighting, criminal activity and vandalism, a number of businesses have withdrawn from the province.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 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.