Books
Publications highlighted here feature the work of SSGM Fellows and of authors associated with the Program which reflect their complementary areas of expertise and interest. These publications are of continuing relevance to issues and problems of governance in Melanesia and the Pacific and often have implications for policy change and reform.
Diminishing Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific: Why some subside and others don't
Edited by Edward Aspinall, Robin Jeffrey, Anthony Regan, 2012, Routledge
The Dynamics of Transitional Justice: International Models and Local Realities in East Timor
Lia Kent, 2012, Routledge.
Elections 2007: The Shift to Limited Preferential Voting in Papua New Guinea
Edited by R.J. May, R.Anere, N.Haley, K.Wheen, 2011, NRI.
Light Intervention: Lessons from Bougainville
by Anthony Regan, United States Institute of Peace Press (USIP), Washington DC, 2010.
Development in Practice: Paved with Good Intentions
by Doug Porter, Bryant Allen and Gaye Thompson, (Routledge Revivals series), Routledge, 2010 [first published 1991].
Civic Insecurity: Law, Order and HIV in Papua New Guinea
edited by Vicki Luker and Sinclair Dinnen, ANU E Press, 2010.
Pillars and Shadows: Statebuilding as peacebuilding in Solomon Islands
by John Braithwaite, Sinclair Dinnen, Matthew Allen, Valerie Braithwaite and Hilary Charlesworth, ANU E Press, 2010.
Food and Agriculture in Papua New Guinea
edited by Mike Bourke and Tracey Harwood, ANU E Press, 2009.
The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji: A Coup to End All Coups?
edited by Jon Fraenkel, Stewart Firth and Brij V. Lal, ANU E Press, 2009.
Policy Making and Implementation: Studies from Papua New Guinea
edited by Ronald J. May, ANU E Press, 2009.
Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands
edited by Sinclair Dinnen and Stewart Firth, ANU E Press and Asia Pacific Press, 2008.
Making Sense of AIDS: Culture, Sexuality, and Power in Melanesia
edited by Leslie Butt and Richard Eves, University of Hawai'i Press, 2008.
Conflict and Resource Development in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea
edited by Nicole Haley and Ronald J. May, ANU E Press, 2007.
Globalisation and Governance in the Pacific Islands
edited by Stewart Firth, ANU E Press, co-published by ANU, Asia Pacific Press and IPS Publications, 2006.
From Election to Coup in Fiji – The 2006 Campaign and its Aftermath
edited by Jon Fraenkel and Stewart Firth, Co-published by ANU E Press, Asia Pacific Press and IPS Publications, 2007, Asia Pacific Press.
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 43, (3), 2005
guest editors Jon Fraenkel (SSGM ANU) and Professor Bernard Grofman (University of California, Irvine), Special Issue on Pacific Electoral Systems.
Bougainville: before the conflict
edited by Anthony J. Regan and Helga M. Griffin, Pandanus Books and the State Society and Governance Project in Melanesia, 2005.
Effective Development in Papua New Guinea
Development Bulletin, No. 67 April 2005
- Positive stories on development in Papua New Guinea
- Community-level agricultural developoment
- Self-reliance in rural development and health
- Community approaches to law and order
- Empowering local communities
- Successful entrepreneurs
- Institutions and governance
The Manipulation of Custom; From Uprising to Intervention in the Solomon Islands
by Jon Fraenkel, Victoria University Press & Pandanus Books, Wellington & Canberra, 2004.
The Military and Democracy in Asia and the Pacific
edited by Ronald J. May & Viberto Selochan, ANU E Press, 2004.
Governance Challenges for PNG and the Pacific Islands
edited by Nancy Sullivan, Co-published by DWU Press and SSGM, 2004.
A Kind of Mending - Restorative Justice in the Pacific Islands
edited by Sinclair Dinnen with Anita Jowett and Tess Newton, Pandanus Books, 2003.
Elections and Constitution Making in East Timor
edited by Dionisio da Costa Babo Soares, Michael Maley, James J Fox and Anthony J Regan, Pandanus Books, 2003.
Passage of Change: Law, Society and Governance in the Pacific
edited by Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton Cain, Pandanus Books, RSPAS, ANU, 2003.
Building a Nation in Papua New Guinea: views of the post-independence generation
edited by David Kavanamur, Charles Yala and Quinton Clements, Pandanus Books, 2003.
'Arc of Instability'? - Melanesia in the Early 2000s
edited by Ronald J. May, Co-published by the SSGM Project and MacMillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury, New Zealand (Occasional Paper No. 4), 2003.
Women's Groups and Everyday Modernity in Melanesia
Guest edited by Bronwen Douglas, Oceania, 74(1 & 2), September/December 2003.
Maintaining Democracy: The 1997 Elections in Papua New Guinea
edited by Ronald J. May and Ray Anere, co-published by UPNG (Port Moresby) and the SSGM Project, 2002.
Breaking spears and mending hearts: Peace makers and restorative justice in Bougainville
Br Pat Howley, The Federation Press 2002.
Political Participation in the Pacific: Issues of Gender, Race and Religion"
Development Bulletin No 59 October 2002
- Querying the relevance of democracy in Pacific Island states
- Religious denominations and political devisions
- Using religion for political gain in PNG and Fiji
- Race and identity in post coup Fiji
- Getting women elected in Solomon Islands, PNG and Vanuatu
- Law, governance and civil society
- Protecting the political rights of the indigenous people of Papua
Law and order in a weak state: crime and politics in Papua New Guinea
by Dr Sinclair Dinnen, University of Hawai'i Press, 2001.
Without a gun: Australians' experiences monitoring peace in Bougainville, 1997-2001
edited by Monica Wehner and Donald Dennon, Pandanus Books, 2001.
Reflections on violence in Melanesia
edited by Sinclair Dinnen and Alison Ley, Hawkins Press and Asia Pacific Press (Sydney and Canberra), 2000.
Across the great divide: journeys in history and anthropology
by Bronwen Douglas, Harwood Academic Publishers (Amsterdam), 1998.
Challenging the State: the Sandline Affair
edited by Ronald J. May, Anthony Regan and Sinclair Dinnen,
National Centre for Development Studies and Department of Political and Social Change, RSPAS, ANU, 1997.
