Abstract
There has been an increasing attempt to theorise the emergence of a liberal-local hybrid approach to state-building, which recognises the coexistence and interaction of liberal and local socio-political institutions. There has not yet been a sustained attempt to understand what occurs when a liberal-local approach is adopted from the outset of a state-building operation. This article seeks to fill this gap by applying the literature to the state-building process in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 613-635 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Pacific Review |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2012 |