02605 am 22005053u 450 991034605510332120191030080335.01-76046-320-5(CKB)4100000009444187(Au-PeEL)EBL5910114(OCoLC)1122462165(MiAaPQ)EBC5910114(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36753(EXLCZ)99410000000944418720191030d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierContested terrain reconceptualising security in the Pacific /Steven RatuvaANU Press2019Acton, Australian Capital Territory :Australian National University Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (viii, 295 pages)Pacific series1-76046-319-1 Includes bibliographical references.Contested Terrain provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive and innovative approach to critically analysing the multidimensional and contested nature of security narratives, justified by different ideological, political, cultural and economic rationales. This is important in a complex and ever-changing situation involving a dynamic interplay between local, regional and global factors. Security narratives are constructed in multiple ways and are used to frame our responses to the challenges and threats to our sense of safety, wellbeing, identity and survival but how the narratives are constructed is a matter of intellectual and political contestation. Using three case studies from the Pacific (Fiji, Tonga and Solomon Islands), Contested Terrain shows the different security challenges facing each country, which result from their unique historical, political and socio-cultural circumstances. Contrary to the view that the Pacific is a generic entity with common security issues, this book argues for more localised and nuanced approaches to security framing and analysis.Pacific series.National securityPacific AreaPacific AreaPolitics and governmentPacific AreaMilitary policyPacificSecurityNational security355.03301823Ratuva Steven802390MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910346055103321Contested terrain1991252UNINA