Papua New Guinea

The Struggle for Development
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-415-05401-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:

* rapid economic growth and political conflict
* civil war on the island of Bougainville
* population growth and urbanisation
* mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts
* uneven development and social divisions.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Connell, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: Papua New Guinea in the international economy 2 The constraints of late development 3 Subsistence and survival 4 An agricultural economy? 5 Fish, forests and sustainable development 6 Mining: the source of economic growth 7 Mobile Melanesians? Population growth and migration 8 Urbanisation, urban life and the urban economy 9 Uneven development 10 The political economy of development 11 Conclusion: neither growth nor development

Über Autor(innen)

John Connell is Associate Professor at the University of Sydney. He has written several books and many journal articles.