Situating Communities

The decades since independence have seen substantial changes in Papua New Guinea’s cultures, economies, politics, and ecologies. Many of these changes have been influenced or even dictated by external circumstances beyond the country’s control, while much also reflects the efforts of its governments...

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Hauptverfasser: Haive, Karen, James, Paul, Nadarajah, Yaso, Stead, Victoria
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The decades since independence have seen substantial changes in Papua New Guinea’s cultures, economies, politics, and ecologies. Many of these changes have been influenced or even dictated by external circumstances beyond the country’s control, while much also reflects the efforts of its governments’ attempts to build a capitalist economy and a sense of national identity and purpose. Where does all this leave the communities of Papua New Guinea? What is the nature of its multitude of different communities, many still partly customary in their way of life, as they live with the effects of a series of national development goals
DOI:10.21313/hawaii/9780824835880.003.0003