subject:(Pacific Islands)

Rice University

1. Durbin, Trevor J. Big Ocean: Marine Conservation, Bureaucratic Practice, and the Politics of Vagueness in the Pacific Islands.

Degree: PhD, Social Sciences, 2015, Rice University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/87796

► The Cook Islands Marine Park (CIMP) was claimed to be the largest Marine Protected Area in the world when it was declared in August 2012.… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Pacific Islands; Cook Islands; Political Ecology; Anthropology

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Durbin, T. J. (2015). Big Ocean: Marine Conservation, Bureaucratic Practice, and the Politics of Vagueness in the Pacific Islands. (Doctoral Dissertation). Rice University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1911/87796

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Durbin, Trevor J. “Big Ocean: Marine Conservation, Bureaucratic Practice, and the Politics of Vagueness in the Pacific Islands.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Rice University. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1911/87796.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Durbin, Trevor J. “Big Ocean: Marine Conservation, Bureaucratic Practice, and the Politics of Vagueness in the Pacific Islands.” 2015. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Durbin TJ. Big Ocean: Marine Conservation, Bureaucratic Practice, and the Politics of Vagueness in the Pacific Islands. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Rice University; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/87796.

Council of Science Editors:

Durbin TJ. Big Ocean: Marine Conservation, Bureaucratic Practice, and the Politics of Vagueness in the Pacific Islands. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Rice University; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/87796

University of New South Wales

2. Sanday, Henry. The Impact of Regulations on Doing Business in the Pacific Islands: The Case of Fiji.

Degree: Business, 2015, University of New South Wales

URL: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/55364 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:37389/SOURCE02?view=true

► The shared aspiration and pursuit of stable and sustained economic growth through private enterprises in the Pacific Island Countries face unique challenges. Besides the inherent… (more)

▼ The shared aspiration and pursuit of stable and sustained economic growth through private enterprises in the Pacific Island Countries face unique challenges. Besides the inherent characteristics of size, remoteness and vulnerability traditionally associated with small island states, the challenges include political instability, the absence of enforceable land-based property rights, weak public infrastructure, uncertain contractual enforcement and archaic and unstable regulatory frameworks. The varied combinations of these challenges have constrained the growth of private enterprises.This thesis focuses on a challenge that has not captured the attention of scholars, that is, the quality of the region‘s business regulatory environment. The Doing Business analyses by the World Bank have consistently ranked Fiji outside the top 100 with respect to the ease of starting a business. Furthermore, the country‘s global ranking in this area continues to deteriorate. Following an exploratory-descriptive research approach using Doing Business data, the study findings show that Fiji has one of the region‘s weakest regulatory frameworks, especially for facilitating the survival of an enterprise. The business licensing renewal process with local governments contributes to unwarranted levels of red tape. Analysis of survey data collected specifically for this thesis reveals the negative influence of red tape, arising out of licensing renewals, on firm performance in the garment industry. Finally, a phenomenological analysis of industry experiences with licensing compliance at the local level reveals the problems faced by most in the industry.Contributions from this research to the literature include the novel use of local government-related licensing data for studying the regulatory-enterprise relationship; establishing the prevalence of all four types of red tape from Bozeman‘s theory—that is ordinary, intraorganisational, external control and pass through—in local governments; and the new empirical findings based on firm-level survey data for Fiji. The lessons drawn from the study are also relevant to Fiji‘s neighbouring island countries. Future research is to focus on longitudinal regulatory studies for Fiji, while a key policy conclusion is the need for more attention be paid to local government-level regulatory conditions for the growth of private enterprises. Advisors/Committee Members: Chand, Satish, Business, UNSW Canberra, UNSW.

Subjects/Keywords: Business regulations Pacific Islands; Economic growth Pacific Islands; Private enterprise Pacific Islands; Local government

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Sanday, H. (2015). The Impact of Regulations on Doing Business in the Pacific Islands: The Case of Fiji. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of New South Wales. Retrieved from http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/55364 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:37389/SOURCE02?view=true

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Sanday, Henry. “The Impact of Regulations on Doing Business in the Pacific Islands: The Case of Fiji.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of New South Wales. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/55364 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:37389/SOURCE02?view=true.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Sanday, Henry. “The Impact of Regulations on Doing Business in the Pacific Islands: The Case of Fiji.” 2015. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Sanday H. The Impact of Regulations on Doing Business in the Pacific Islands: The Case of Fiji. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of New South Wales; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/55364 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:37389/SOURCE02?view=true.

Council of Science Editors:

Sanday H. The Impact of Regulations on Doing Business in the Pacific Islands: The Case of Fiji. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of New South Wales; 2015. Available from: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/55364 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:37389/SOURCE02?view=true

3. McIver, Lachlan. Fragile Paradise: Health Impacts of Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries .

Degree: 2016, Australian National University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/107301

► Pacific island countries are among the most vulnerable in the world to the impacts of climate change, including the many and varied effects on human… (more)

▼ Pacific island countries are among the most vulnerable in the world to the impacts of climate change, including the many and varied effects on human health. The vast majority of these health impacts are expected to be negative and the burden of climate change-attributable ill-health will be maldistributed, with the greatest suffering likely to be experienced by the poor. The objectives of the research described in this thesis were: a) To critically appraise various methods of assessing climate change and health vulnerabilities in Pacific island countries; b) To establish the key climate-sensitive health risks in each country; and c) To develop an evidence base for health systems adaptation to climate change in the Pacific region. Thirteen countries participated in this regional climate change and health vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning project between 2011 and 2013: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. This project, supported by the World Health Organization South Pacific office, employed a range of quantitative and qualitative techniques in the assessment and stratification of climate change and health risks for each country and the development of regional and country-specific adaptation strategies. The thesis presents the results of these analyses and describes in detail the predominant risks to health posed by climate change in the Pacific. These include: injuries and trauma; compromised safety and security of water and food (leading to malnutrition and gastrointestinal infections); vector-borne diseases; heat-related illnesses; zoonoses; respiratory ailments; psychological and emotional ill-health; increasing morbidity and mortality from non-communicable diseases; population pressures; and increased strain and pressure on health systems in these small island developing states. Correspondingly, the adaptation themes common across the region relate to improving the safety and security of food supplies and water, sanitation and hygiene facilities; enhancing infectious disease surveillance and response capabilities; building resilience within health systems and of health infrastructure; and increasing the accuracy and efficiency of communication and collaboration between the health sector and other agencies. The results of these assessments have been compiled into national climate change and health adaptation plans for each country, and synthesised in a World Health Organization report published in late 2015. The thesis summarises the main categories of adaptation strategies planned around the region and the health systems and policy landscape within which adaptation is taking place. In doing so, the…

Subjects/Keywords: climate change; health; Pacific islands

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McIver, L. (2016). Fragile Paradise: Health Impacts of Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries . (Thesis). Australian National University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1885/107301

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

McIver, Lachlan. “Fragile Paradise: Health Impacts of Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries .” 2016. Thesis, Australian National University. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/107301.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

McIver, Lachlan. “Fragile Paradise: Health Impacts of Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries .” 2016. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

McIver L. Fragile Paradise: Health Impacts of Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries . [Internet] [Thesis]. Australian National University; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/107301.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

McIver L. Fragile Paradise: Health Impacts of Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries . [Thesis]. Australian National University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/107301

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Massey University

4. Hay, Kathryn Susan. Agenda success? : The prospects for sub-regional human rights arrangements in the Pacific : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Politics at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand .

Degree: 2011, Massey University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3054

► Regional human rights institutions have been established in all United Nations (UN)-defined regions except for the Asia-Pacific. Although as a region the Asia-Pacific faces myriad… (more)

▼ Regional human rights institutions have been established in all United Nations (UN)-defined regions except for the Asia-Pacific. Although as a region the Asia-Pacific faces myriad human rights challenges, the diversity of countries and cultures and absence of a shared sense of regional identity inhibits momentum to form a regional mechanism for the promotion and protection of human rights. Within this region several sub-regional configurations exist. The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), whose members include fourteen small island states, Australia and New Zealand, is the primary political body in the Pacific section of the broader Asia-Pacific region. The vision of the PIF emphasises the promotion and protection of human rights in the Pacific. Human rights issues have, however, tended to be addressed within individual countries, and Pacific leaders have paid little attention to the idea of sub-regional human rights arrangements (SHRAs) as a means of supporting human rights objectives. Within the PIF complex political and institutional processes shape the work of the Pacific leaders and affect which ideas are focused on and advanced. Within the policy process agenda setting is a critical element as new ideas and policy solutions can only be implemented after they have been deliberately considered and agreed upon by the political decision-makers. Several elements shape the agenda setting process: the framing of issues and possible solutions by policy advocates, the availability of appropriate venues in which decisions can be made, and opportunities to have ideas presented to the decision-makers. If the political decision-makers, in this thesis the PIF leaders, agree to advance and implement a policy idea then agenda success has occurred. This thesis examines the prospects for agenda success of SHRAs in the Pacific. Twenty two semi-structured interviews were undertaken with selected experts from throughout the Pacific. These empirical materials were triangulated with secondary sources. Analysis of these materials highlighted that all components of the agenda setting process are evident in this case study of SHRAs in the Pacific. In particular, interrelationships between the framing of issues and alternative solutions, venues and policy advocates, previously understated in other agenda setting research, are able to be identified. Certain conditions, such as political instability, international obligations, environmental challenges, and the current scoping exercise, provide opportunities for policy advocates to push their ideas. Further, the results of the research identify several contextual factors that are shaping the agenda setting process in the PIF. These include historical, national, sub-regional, international, cultural, economic, and geo-political factors, and issues of sovereignty. Before Pacific leaders are likely to agree to the advancement of SHRAs in the Pacific they will also need to be convinced that the idea is both feasible and immediately important. Therefore, although there is moderate evidence of…

Subjects/Keywords: Pacific Islands; Pacific Islands Forum; Human rights policy

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Hay, K. S. (2011). Agenda success? : The prospects for sub-regional human rights arrangements in the Pacific : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Politics at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand . (Thesis). Massey University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3054

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Hay, Kathryn Susan. “Agenda success? : The prospects for sub-regional human rights arrangements in the Pacific : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Politics at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand .” 2011. Thesis, Massey University. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3054.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hay, Kathryn Susan. “Agenda success? : The prospects for sub-regional human rights arrangements in the Pacific : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Politics at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand .” 2011. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Hay KS. Agenda success? : The prospects for sub-regional human rights arrangements in the Pacific : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Politics at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand . [Internet] [Thesis]. Massey University; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3054.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Hay KS. Agenda success? : The prospects for sub-regional human rights arrangements in the Pacific : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Politics at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand . [Thesis]. Massey University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3054

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Australian National University

5. Penfold, Carolyn Rachel. Contextualising Legal Education: The Case of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu .

Degree: 2017, Australian National University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/142348

► Legal educators in the South Pacific, often from outside the region and on short-term appointments, may initially have limited familiarity with some or all South… (more)

▼ Legal educators in the South Pacific, often from outside the region and on short-term appointments, may initially have limited familiarity with some or all South Pacific environments, beyond an understanding that their legal systems are ‘based on common law’. The University of the South Pacific, a regional institution providing legal education for 12 independent South Pacific countries, aims to produce graduates ‘well equipped to enter the legal professions’ of these countries. However, there have been few resources to inform legal educators about the local legal environments in which their graduates will work, and to help educators understand what law graduates require to be ‘well equipped’ for South Pacific jurisdictions. To help bridge the information gap, the research undertaken for this thesis investigates the legal environments and preparatory needs of law graduates in two of these South Pacific jurisdictions: Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The thesis begins with an overview of the development of state law, the legal profession and legal education in the South Pacific, to provide historical context for the work that follows. A case study of contemporary legal environments is then presented. Set within an interpretive paradigm, this qualitative study draws from 80 interviews conducted within the legal sectors of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, and from documentary and other sources. The picture which emerges is of an environment in which state law sits uneasily with continuing local traditions and everyday life, and where lawyers and the legal profession as a whole face many challenges in their attempts to meet the legal needs of their communities. The case study demonstrates that to be well equipped to enter the legal professions of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, law graduates need high degrees of ‘work-readiness’, and legal knowledge, skills and attitudes tailored to these legal environments. Drawing on educational theory and practice, and taking account of the constraints facing legal educators in the South Pacific, the thesis then explores how undergraduate law students might be helped to achieve the preparation required for working in local legal environments.

Subjects/Keywords: Legal education; Pacific Islands legal education; Vanuatu; Solomon Islands; Melanesia; Pacific legal systems; South Pacific; Law; University of the South Pacific

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Penfold, C. R. (2017). Contextualising Legal Education: The Case of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu . (Thesis). Australian National University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1885/142348

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Penfold, Carolyn Rachel. “Contextualising Legal Education: The Case of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu .” 2017. Thesis, Australian National University. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/142348.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Penfold, Carolyn Rachel. “Contextualising Legal Education: The Case of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu .” 2017. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Penfold CR. Contextualising Legal Education: The Case of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu . [Internet] [Thesis]. Australian National University; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/142348.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Penfold CR. Contextualising Legal Education: The Case of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu . [Thesis]. Australian National University; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/142348

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Queensland University of Technology

6. East, Andrew John. A future in the past : urban agroforestry systems in future planned urban settlements in Kiribati, a Pacific case study.

Degree: 2008, Queensland University of Technology

URL: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/19333/

► In the last 50 years, Pacific Island Countries (PICs) have experienced unprecedented levels of urban development. During this time, the general failure of traditional industrialised… (more)

▼ In the last 50 years, Pacific Island Countries (PICs) have experienced unprecedented levels of urban development. During this time, the general failure of traditional industrialised planning models to be successfully adapted in PICs has resulted in the need to explore alternative models for urban settlement in the Pacific. In this way, the incorporation of tree based agricultural systems (agroforestry) into urban settlements has considerable potential to address many of the problems associated with rapid urbanisation such as food security, waste management, environmental degradation and unemployment. Research in the Pacific has already shown how urban agroforestry systems can improve food security, increase access to nutritional foods, recycle organic waste, create employment and protect fragile ecological systems. However, in Pacific towns and cities urban agroforestry systems are rarely developed beyond a homegarden setting. The growth of urban centres in the Republic of Kiribati is an example of the challenges confronting many rapidly urbanising PICs. With infertile soils, severely restricted land and water resources and an emerging economy, Kiribati is a developing nation where sustainable development faces some of its greatest challenges. Due to rapidly expanding urban populations, the Kiribati Government is currently investigating the development of future planned urban settlements. In such a scenario, potential exists to extend urban agroforestry systems beyond a homegarden setting and explore alternative models for sustainable urbanisation in the Pacific. This research uses a mixed methods case study approach to investigate the potential role of food producing urban agroforestry systems in future planned urban settlements in Kiribati. More specifically, qualitative procedures are used to explore issues surrounding the promotion and development of urban agroforestry systems in future planned urban settlements while quantitative procedures are used to analyse the nutritional contribution of these systems. Findings from this study show that although urban agroforestry is a highly sustainable land use it faces two main challenges in Kiribati: (i) people’s perception that urban agroforestry systems are a relatively low value land use and (ii) the general inability of the Kiribati Government to effectively regulate urban land uses. However, in the event that urban agroforestry systems were deliberately included at a settlement wide scale beyond a homegarden setting, this study highlights the initial importance of equally allocating productive lands to individual households. Furthermore, the results emphasise the value of simple on-site composting technologies as components of the broader urban agroforestry system. Finally, the marginal nature of the atoll environment is evident in findings on the nutritional contribution of urban agroforestry species in future planned urban settlements. In summary, while considerable constraints must be overcome to ensure the long term viability of planned urban agroforestry…

Subjects/Keywords: Pacific Islands; agroforestry; Kiribati; homegardening; sustainable development

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East, A. J. (2008). A future in the past : urban agroforestry systems in future planned urban settlements in Kiribati, a Pacific case study. (Thesis). Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved from https://eprints.qut.edu.au/19333/

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

East, Andrew John. “A future in the past : urban agroforestry systems in future planned urban settlements in Kiribati, a Pacific case study.” 2008. Thesis, Queensland University of Technology. Accessed January 23, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/19333/.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

East, Andrew John. “A future in the past : urban agroforestry systems in future planned urban settlements in Kiribati, a Pacific case study.” 2008. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

East AJ. A future in the past : urban agroforestry systems in future planned urban settlements in Kiribati, a Pacific case study. [Internet] [Thesis]. Queensland University of Technology; 2008. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/19333/.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

East AJ. A future in the past : urban agroforestry systems in future planned urban settlements in Kiribati, a Pacific case study. [Thesis]. Queensland University of Technology; 2008. Available from: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/19333/

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Victoria University of Wellington

7. Kwant, Stacey. Temporary Migration as Development Tool? The Potential of Pacific Seasonal Workers to Meet New Zealand and Australia's Development Goals for the Pacific Islands.

Degree: 2012, Victoria University of Wellington

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2411

► The concept of temporary migration is commanding increasing attention. As the global community searches for new ways of promoting development in the developing world, and… (more)

▼ The concept of temporary migration is commanding increasing attention. As the global community searches for new ways of promoting development in the developing world, and economically-advanced countries continue to experience labour shortages, labour mobility and temporary migration have arisen as potential ‘triple-win’ solutions. This thesis explores the concept of temporary migration as a development tool, using New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme and Australia’s Pacific Seasonal Worker Employer Scheme as models. It examines the extent to which these two recently-adopted temporary migration schemes have the potential to meet the development goals and objectives of New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific region. This thesis argues that in fact, temporary migration can potentially provide a development ‘triple-win’ situation – for the countries that receive the workers, for workers who migrate, and for countries that send the workers in the first instance. However, in the case of New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific, the extent of that triple win depends on a number of factors. Some factors relate to the lessons derived from countries with past temporary migration experiences, about how to manage schemes effectively. Others are specific to the Pacific Island context, the development priorities present in the region, and the unique relationships that exist between New Zealand, Australia and the island states. Therefore, this thesis explores how two temporary migration schemes can be formulated, designed and implemented, in a particular context, to potentially address pressing concerns about development. This thesis does not attempt to analyse whether development objectives have actually been achieved through the schemes but rather assess their potential, as a step towards increasing what we know about how to achieve development in the Pacific, and how other regions of the world can adapt this knowledge in the future. Advisors/Committee Members: McMillan, Kate.

Subjects/Keywords: Pacific Islands; Seasonal labour; Regional development

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Kwant, S. (2012). Temporary Migration as Development Tool? The Potential of Pacific Seasonal Workers to Meet New Zealand and Australia's Development Goals for the Pacific Islands. (Masters Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2411

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Kwant, Stacey. “Temporary Migration as Development Tool? The Potential of Pacific Seasonal Workers to Meet New Zealand and Australia's Development Goals for the Pacific Islands.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2411.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Kwant, Stacey. “Temporary Migration as Development Tool? The Potential of Pacific Seasonal Workers to Meet New Zealand and Australia's Development Goals for the Pacific Islands.” 2012. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Kwant S. Temporary Migration as Development Tool? The Potential of Pacific Seasonal Workers to Meet New Zealand and Australia's Development Goals for the Pacific Islands. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2411.

Council of Science Editors:

Kwant S. Temporary Migration as Development Tool? The Potential of Pacific Seasonal Workers to Meet New Zealand and Australia's Development Goals for the Pacific Islands. [Masters Thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2411

University of Melbourne

8. Waters, Elissa. Placing theories of governance: a political geography of American Samoa.

Degree: 2018, University of Melbourne

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/221445

► This thesis concerns the study of ‘governance’, which is understood as the process of interactions between actors operating within and through institutions, with the power… (more)

▼ This thesis concerns the study of ‘governance’, which is understood as the process of interactions between actors operating within and through institutions, with the power to steer society, for the purpose of achieving collective goals. Theories of governance are constrained by a lack of empirical research outside of large, continental, liberal democratic and sovereign states, yet on the basis of research in these places universalising claims about governance are made. In contrast, the literature on small states and islands suggests that scale and place mediate governance in important ways, so that studies that look for difference in anomalous geopolitical spaces are important counterpoints for dominant narratives in the governance literature. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to understand how the dynamics of governance in American Samoa (a non-sovereign Pacific island U.S. territory) compare to the key claims of the governance literature. It does this by analysing the history of political relations in American Samoa, assessing the dynamics of governance during and after the 2009 tsunami in the territory, and observing governance processes and practices in the field. Data were collected from over 50 interview and participant observation over four months of fieldwork. This study of governance in American Samoa finds three key points of distinction to the dominant Anglo-European claims about governance. First, there is a mismatch between the type and influence of actors outlined in the governance literature (which are the state, NGOs and market actors) and those with the power to govern in American Samoa (which are the state, the church and chiefs), and this has significant consequences for the nature of governance in place. Second, the political and cultural history of the territory, combined with its size and scale, has served to mediate relative authority of these actors in ways that are quite different to those that the mainstream literature suggests prevail in most places. Third, and in turn, in American Samoa there is a complex mode of governance that differs from the dominant account of a shift from hierarchies to networks. These findings represent a new perspective on the assumptions and rationalities of the governance literature, and contribute to more geographically nuanced theories of governance.

Subjects/Keywords: governance; Pacific; small islands; American Samoa

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APA (6^th Edition):

Waters, E. (2018). Placing theories of governance: a political geography of American Samoa. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Melbourne. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11343/221445

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Waters, Elissa. “Placing theories of governance: a political geography of American Samoa.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Melbourne. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/221445.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Waters, Elissa. “Placing theories of governance: a political geography of American Samoa.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Waters E. Placing theories of governance: a political geography of American Samoa. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Melbourne; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/221445.

Council of Science Editors:

Waters E. Placing theories of governance: a political geography of American Samoa. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Melbourne; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/221445

University of Melbourne

9. Hestad, Dina Lovise Arnoy. The Australian approach to climate finance.

Degree: 2013, University of Melbourne

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/56753

► Developed countries have committed to providing US$100 billion in climate finance by 2020. Australia has already contributed a significant amount of climate finance through its… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Climate change; Finance; Aid; Pacific Islands

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Hestad, D. L. A. (2013). The Australian approach to climate finance. (Masters Thesis). University of Melbourne. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11343/56753

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Hestad, Dina Lovise Arnoy. “The Australian approach to climate finance.” 2013. Masters Thesis, University of Melbourne. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/56753.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hestad, Dina Lovise Arnoy. “The Australian approach to climate finance.” 2013. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Hestad DLA. The Australian approach to climate finance. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Melbourne; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/56753.

Council of Science Editors:

Hestad DLA. The Australian approach to climate finance. [Masters Thesis]. University of Melbourne; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/56753

University of Hawaii – Manoa

10. Baker, Adam Aulii Charles. Preliminary development and evaluation of an aquaponic system for the American Insular Pacific.

Degree: 2016, University of Hawaii – Manoa

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/101649

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M.S. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2010.

Integrated fish and plant culture may minimize resource usage, a valuable characteristic for the American Insular Pacific Islands.… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: American Insular Pacific Islands; aquaponic system

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APA (6^th Edition):

Baker, A. A. C. (2016). Preliminary development and evaluation of an aquaponic system for the American Insular Pacific. (Thesis). University of Hawaii – Manoa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10125/101649

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Baker, Adam Aulii Charles. “Preliminary development and evaluation of an aquaponic system for the American Insular Pacific.” 2016. Thesis, University of Hawaii – Manoa. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/101649.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Baker, Adam Aulii Charles. “Preliminary development and evaluation of an aquaponic system for the American Insular Pacific.” 2016. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Baker AAC. Preliminary development and evaluation of an aquaponic system for the American Insular Pacific. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/101649.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Baker AAC. Preliminary development and evaluation of an aquaponic system for the American Insular Pacific. [Thesis]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/101649

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Hawaii – Manoa

11. Kadohiro Lauer, Karen. Health and Disease in Prehistoric Tonga.

Degree: 2017, University of Hawaii – Manoa

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50897

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M.A. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2015.

This thesis places prehistoric Tongan health in a larger Pacific context. Previous studies of prehistoric skeletons in Pacific… (more)

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M.A. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2015.

This thesis places prehistoric Tongan health in a larger Pacific context. Previous studies of prehistoric skeletons in Pacific Island ecosystems have found the health of these groups to be generally good. This good health is assumed to be due to the shared factors of climate, environment, diet, and the absence of introduced infectious diseases. This study uses a sample of skeletons from Tonga to determine if the generally good health extends to this corner of the Pacific. Indicators of stress on skeletons from site To-At-36, from the Ha`ateiho region, Tongatapu, Tonga are used to examine health and disease in prehistoric Tonga. This skeletal series includes 31 individuals (20 males and 11 females) from the Tongan Formative Period (400 AD – 1200 AD). Indicators of stress examined include: stature, enamel hypoplasia, cribra orbitalia, periosteal infections, trauma, degenerative joint disease (DJD), and dental pathologies (i.e. antemortem tooth loss (AMTL), dental caries, alveolar defects, dental calculus, alveolar resorption, and dental attrition). This research examined sex differences in health within To-At-36 and between To-At-36 and other Tongan skeletons. In addition, an assessment of health was made by comparing the Tongan data with data from other Pacific Islands. It was expected, based on previously collected data from the Pacific Islands, that the Tongan skeletons would document a similar level of good health. The difference between To-At-36 males and females was not as great as expected. Males generally had higher frequencies of stress indicators, however only four (having advanced osteoarthritis of articular surface on thoracic vertebrae, osteophytosis of centra of thoracic vertebrae, total osteophytosis of the vertebral centra, and dental attrition) were statistically significant. Females exhibited significantly higher frequencies of AMTL. Males were statistically taller than females, however both were classified as being tall. The differences between sexes may be attributed to sexual division of labor, differential access to different types of food, and use of teeth as tools. Overall, the males and females of To-At-36 exhibited a similar status of good health. There were unexpected differences between the skeletons from To-At-36 and the combined skeletons from To-At-1 and To-At-2. While the female statures of the two Tongan groups were similar, the male statures of To-At-1 and To-At-2 were significantly taller than To-At-36. The frequency of LEH in To-At-36 was also significantly higher than To-At-1 and To-At-2. These suggest that individuals from To-At-36 may have suffered more developmental stress. While not significant, To-At-1 and To-At-2 displayed higher frequencies of cribra orbitalia, evidence of treponemal disease, limb bone fractures, and DJD in appendicular joints. The dentition from To-At-1 and To-At-2 appear to be healthier than To-At-36. The teeth from To-At-36 revealed higher frequencies of all six dental stress indicators, of which the…

Subjects/Keywords: Anthropology; Tongan health; Tonga; Pacific Islands

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APA (6^th Edition):

Kadohiro Lauer, K. (2017). Health and Disease in Prehistoric Tonga. (Thesis). University of Hawaii – Manoa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50897

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Kadohiro Lauer, Karen. “Health and Disease in Prehistoric Tonga.” 2017. Thesis, University of Hawaii – Manoa. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50897.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Kadohiro Lauer, Karen. “Health and Disease in Prehistoric Tonga.” 2017. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Kadohiro Lauer K. Health and Disease in Prehistoric Tonga. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50897.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Kadohiro Lauer K. Health and Disease in Prehistoric Tonga. [Thesis]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50897

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of New South Wales

12. Lin, Sophia. Type 2 diabetes and obesity trends in the Pacific Islands.

Degree: Community Medicine, 2017, University of New South Wales

URL: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/57961 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:45195/SOURCE02?view=true

► Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and contributes to premature mortality. T2DM has been reported to be a… (more)

▼ Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and contributes to premature mortality. T2DM has been reported to be a growing problem in the Pacific based on intermittently conducted population surveys over several decades. However, each survey has employed different selection and measurement criteria rendering the description of accurate trends impossible. Standardised STEPS (STEPwise approach to surveillance) surveys have been conducted by WHO. From two STEPS surveys conducted in each country, it has been reported that T2DM prevalences in Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga have doubled over a ten year period. These rapid increases are erroneous due to the incorrect application of the glucose cut-point in the later surveys. These findings have had significant impacts in affected countries and international agencies, and resulted in corrections of procedures. When all available population surveys were standardised to minimise selection and measurement bias, T2DM prevalence has increased in adults aged 25-64 years in Fiji (1980-2011), Samoa (1978-2013), and Tonga (1973-2012).T2DM incidence is more sensitive than prevalence in measuring the impact of preventive interventions, and is important in investigating aetiology as it is unaffected by survival. Current methods used to calculate T2DM incidence have drawbacks: cohort studies are expensive, are affected by differential attrition bias, and repeat testing can result in Hawthorne effects; registries do not capture undiagnosed individuals or diagnosed individuals who do not require medication; self-reported cases from repeat surveys exclude undiagnosed cases; and incidence calculated from compartment models require accurate cause-specific mortality data which are unavailable in low resource countries. A standard method of calculating tuberculosis incidence from sequential population Mantoux surveys has been adapted to determine T2DM incidence from recurrent population surveys of T2DM prevalence. T2DM incidence has increased in Fiji and Samoa over three decades. This novel method of calculating incidence utilises already existing prevalence surveys by applying integral calculus to birth cohort prevalences from an age-period matrix.Statistical approaches have been developed to include body mass index changes into projections of T2DM prevalence and incidence derived from recurrent prevalence surveys from the same population, which adds to previous estimations based only on period trends and age.The majority of the empirical work in this thesis has been published in four peer reviewed scientific journals with the PhD candidate as first author. Advisors/Committee Members: Taylor, Richard, Public Health & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Reynolds, Rebecca, Public Health & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW.

Subjects/Keywords: Trends; Diabetes; Obesity; Prevalence; Incidence; Pacific Islands

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APA (6^th Edition):

Lin, S. (2017). Type 2 diabetes and obesity trends in the Pacific Islands. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of New South Wales. Retrieved from http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/57961 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:45195/SOURCE02?view=true

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lin, Sophia. “Type 2 diabetes and obesity trends in the Pacific Islands.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of New South Wales. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/57961 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:45195/SOURCE02?view=true.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lin, Sophia. “Type 2 diabetes and obesity trends in the Pacific Islands.” 2017. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Lin S. Type 2 diabetes and obesity trends in the Pacific Islands. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of New South Wales; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/57961 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:45195/SOURCE02?view=true.

Council of Science Editors:

Lin S. Type 2 diabetes and obesity trends in the Pacific Islands. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of New South Wales; 2017. Available from: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/57961 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:45195/SOURCE02?view=true

University of Waterloo

13. de Scally, Diamir. "Because your environment is looking after you": The role of local knowledge in climate change adaptation in the Cook Islands.

Degree: 2019, University of Waterloo

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/14399

► Pacific Island countries, like the Cook Islands, are often considered to be extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Changes in the frequency and… (more)

▼ Pacific Island countries, like the Cook Islands, are often considered to be extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Changes in the frequency and intensity of climate-related hazards is expected to be one of many anticipated impacts of climate change in the Pacific Island region, having substantial implications for both climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) efforts. Considerable literature highlights that local and traditional knowledge can play an important role in CCA and DRR, particularly in small island countries where vulnerability is unique and a long history of adapting to environmental change exists. However, there is little understanding on how to practically integrate and apply local knowledge in CCA, particularly in the Cook Islands. Through a comparative study between a core and periphery island, the purpose of this research was to investigate the role of local knowledge in adaptation to climate-related hazards in the Cook Islands. By employing qualitative research methods, including semi-structured interviews (n=34) with key informants and local participants, this research aimed to investigate the local adaptation strategies of Cook Islands communities to climate-related hazards on Rarotonga and Mitiaro, explore the variability in knowledge between a core (Rarotonga) and periphery (Mitiaro) island, understand the extent to which locals and government officials feel local knowledge is being appropriately integrated into adaptation policies, and determine some of the challenges to incorporating local knowledge into adaptation policy. Findings reveal that while local participants had considerable knowledge on environmental changes and coping and adaptation strategies for climate-related hazards, this knowledge was often in the context of multiple stressors. Additionally, interviewees perceived a large variability in knowledge on local coping and adaptation strategies and the impacts of climate change between Rarotonga and the outer islands. While key informants often recognized the important role of local knowledge in CCA, there has been an emphasis on recording local knowledge and less focus on integrating it into policy. Lastly, many challenges to integrating local knowledge into CCA policy were identified including development pressure, out-migration, a lack of understanding of local knowledge, religious influence, and uncertainty over the future use of local knowledge. This study offers insight on the role of local knowledge in CCA for other small island countries facing similar challenges.

Subjects/Keywords: climate change adaptation; local knowledge; Pacific Islands; Cook Islands; adaptation policy

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APA (6^th Edition):

de Scally, D. (2019). "Because your environment is looking after you": The role of local knowledge in climate change adaptation in the Cook Islands. (Thesis). University of Waterloo. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10012/14399

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

de Scally, Diamir. “"Because your environment is looking after you": The role of local knowledge in climate change adaptation in the Cook Islands.” 2019. Thesis, University of Waterloo. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/14399.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

de Scally, Diamir. “"Because your environment is looking after you": The role of local knowledge in climate change adaptation in the Cook Islands.” 2019. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

de Scally D. "Because your environment is looking after you": The role of local knowledge in climate change adaptation in the Cook Islands. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/14399.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

de Scally D. "Because your environment is looking after you": The role of local knowledge in climate change adaptation in the Cook Islands. [Thesis]. University of Waterloo; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/14399

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Victoria University of Wellington

14. Roberts Aiafi, Muliagatele Ausiamanaia Potoae. Public policy processes in the Pacific islands: A study of policy initiation, formulation and implementation in Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Samoa and regional inter-governmental organisations.

Degree: 2016, Victoria University of Wellington

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5068

► This thesis examines the manner in which public policies are initiated, formulated and implemented in Pacific island countries and regional organisations, and determines the factors… (more)

▼ This thesis examines the manner in which public policies are initiated, formulated and implemented in Pacific island countries and regional organisations, and determines the factors which are most critical for their effective implementation. It employs narrative inquiry and grounded theory approaches, supported by the computer software Nvivo, to data collection and analysis of case studies from Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, and key regional inter-governmental organisations. 128 semi-structured interviews were drawn from ten policy cases (three for each of the Pacific island countries and one from the Region’s Pacific Plan), together with a general narrative of the policy environment spread across all four contexts. A social constructionism worldview allows for the grounding of the research and its findings for both subject and context of the study. Participant voices are utilised as rich descriptions of policy processes, triangulation provided by documentary analyses and participant observation. Motivating this inquiry was my observation of the lack of visibly significant improvements in service delivery in Samoa and other Pacific island countries. These perceptions echoed criticisms in the literature about the slow improvement of development performance across the region despite high levels of foreign aid. Yet, such assessments often lack a solid understanding about the actual processes of public policy in the Pacific islands. Prevailing theories of public policy have remained largely westernised, and lenses to development primarily ethnocentric. Accordingly, this study’s findings shed light on the strengths and limitations of current public policy and development scholarships evident from Pacific public policy experiences. There are five key findings: First, policy processes have remained heavily top-down, shaped significantly by political and external interests, and where society has been the neglected element. In essence, the genesis of public policy has been insufficiently rooted in the context, problems and needs to which policies have been directed. This constitutes a significant democratic and development deficit that must be addressed in ongoing public policy development. Second, the use of evidence-based policy has been limited. While existing formal policies were often those transferred from elsewhere, and which do not fit well in the receiving context and culture, the practices were ad hoc, driven by various ideological or social constructions. Third, the success of policy and its implementation depends on mutually reinforcing factors of policy culture and stakeholder support, capability, implementation modality and leadership. These factors are critical for ensuring that participation, partnership, ownership, understanding and learning are built into policy processes. Fourth, the integration of these elements into ongoing public policy development of Pacific island countries and the region requires a fundamental shift of focus about the role of society, particularly the adaptive capability of… Advisors/Committee Members: Hassall, Graham, Eichbaum, Chris.

Subjects/Keywords: Public Policy; Public Management; Development; Pacific islands; Pacific Regionalism

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APA (6^th Edition):

Roberts Aiafi, M. A. P. (2016). Public policy processes in the Pacific islands: A study of policy initiation, formulation and implementation in Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Samoa and regional inter-governmental organisations. (Doctoral Dissertation). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5068

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Roberts Aiafi, Muliagatele Ausiamanaia Potoae. “Public policy processes in the Pacific islands: A study of policy initiation, formulation and implementation in Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Samoa and regional inter-governmental organisations.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5068.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Roberts Aiafi, Muliagatele Ausiamanaia Potoae. “Public policy processes in the Pacific islands: A study of policy initiation, formulation and implementation in Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Samoa and regional inter-governmental organisations.” 2016. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Roberts Aiafi MAP. Public policy processes in the Pacific islands: A study of policy initiation, formulation and implementation in Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Samoa and regional inter-governmental organisations. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5068.

Council of Science Editors:

Roberts Aiafi MAP. Public policy processes in the Pacific islands: A study of policy initiation, formulation and implementation in Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Samoa and regional inter-governmental organisations. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5068

University of Melbourne

15. MORGAN, WESLEY. Regional trade negotiations and the construction of policy choice in the Pacific Islands Forum (1994-2014).

Degree: 2014, University of Melbourne

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/45859

► This thesis provides a comprehensive account of the Pacific island states’ engagement with the contemporary global trade regime, over the 20 years following the formation… (more)

▼ This thesis provides a comprehensive account of the Pacific island states’ engagement with the contemporary global trade regime, over the 20 years following the formation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Existing political analysis has tended to characterise Pacific island states as relatively powerless actors in the multilateral trading system. Such analysis suggests they have had little choice but to embrace trade liberalisation, to join the WTO and to sign on to WTO-compatible trade agreements. However, these accounts do not explain why Pacific island states in fact proved reluctant to join the WTO, or to sign WTO-compatible free trade agreements with their key trading partners. This thesis contributes to the literature by providing a more considered explanation for the recent trade policy choices of Pacific governments. The thesis draws on contemporary international relations theory to interrogate regional trade policymaking in the Pacific. It employs a constructivist approach that emphasises the role of knowledge in the political process. More specifically, the study uses an ‘epistemic community’ approach, as developed by Haas (1992), to explore how a discrete network of trade experts – a Pacific trade epistemic community – helped island policymakers locate and pursue their interests in multilateral trade talks, and during a series of negotiations for new regional trade agreements. The main body of the thesis constitutes a ‘thick history’ of regional trade policymaking from 1994 to 2014. The three central findings of this thesis are as follows. First: Pacific policymakers proved reluctant to conclude agreements with the European Union, and with Australia and New Zealand, because they did not understand orthodox, reciprocal, free trade agreements to be in their interests. Members of the Pacific trade epistemic community had convinced them unique and additional policy measures would be necessary if such agreements were to provide them any benefits. Second: even while epistemic community arguments undermined the conclusion of regional negotiations, some community proposals were nonetheless adopted in other policy domains. Of most importance in this regard were new labour mobility schemes allowing Pacific islanders to work in Australia and New Zealand. Third and finally: epistemic community arguments successfully refashioned shared understandings of the trade-related challenges faced by Pacific island states. By 2014 epistemic community ideas had become new ‘institutional or social facts’. Policymakers and trade-experts alike drew on them when considering appropriate policy for Pacific island states. The findings of this thesis imply that, with the aid of appropriate technical expertise, Pacific island states in fact have considerable agency relative to global regimes and the core states who champion them. In certain circumstances island countries can influence processes of international cooperation in ways that further their interests. Key findings imply furthermore that technical…

Subjects/Keywords: Pacific; Pacific Islands Forum; Regional Trade Negotiations; Global Trade Regime; Constructivism

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APA (6^th Edition):

MORGAN, W. (2014). Regional trade negotiations and the construction of policy choice in the Pacific Islands Forum (1994-2014). (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Melbourne. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11343/45859

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

MORGAN, WESLEY. “Regional trade negotiations and the construction of policy choice in the Pacific Islands Forum (1994-2014).” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Melbourne. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/45859.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

MORGAN, WESLEY. “Regional trade negotiations and the construction of policy choice in the Pacific Islands Forum (1994-2014).” 2014. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

MORGAN W. Regional trade negotiations and the construction of policy choice in the Pacific Islands Forum (1994-2014). [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Melbourne; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/45859.

Council of Science Editors:

MORGAN W. Regional trade negotiations and the construction of policy choice in the Pacific Islands Forum (1994-2014). [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Melbourne; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/45859

University of Guelph

16. McCubbin, Sandra. Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Context of Multiple Stressors: the Case of Funafuti, Tuvalu.

Degree: MA, Department of Geography, 2013, University of Guelph

URL: https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/7537

► It is widely accepted that the Pacific Islands are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Most research on climate change in this region… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: climate change; vulnerability; adaptation; Tuvalu; multiple stressors; small islands; Pacific Islands; communities; adaptive capacity

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McCubbin, S. (2013). Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Context of Multiple Stressors: the Case of Funafuti, Tuvalu. (Masters Thesis). University of Guelph. Retrieved from https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/7537

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

McCubbin, Sandra. “Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Context of Multiple Stressors: the Case of Funafuti, Tuvalu.” 2013. Masters Thesis, University of Guelph. Accessed January 23, 2021. https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/7537.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

McCubbin, Sandra. “Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Context of Multiple Stressors: the Case of Funafuti, Tuvalu.” 2013. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

McCubbin S. Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Context of Multiple Stressors: the Case of Funafuti, Tuvalu. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Guelph; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/7537.

Council of Science Editors:

McCubbin S. Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Context of Multiple Stressors: the Case of Funafuti, Tuvalu. [Masters Thesis]. University of Guelph; 2013. Available from: https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/7537

University of California – Berkeley

17. Palaita, David Ga'oupu. The Space that is Sacred (VASA/Ocean): Pacific Islanders in Highr Education.

Degree: Ethnic Studies, 2015, University of California – Berkeley

URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9gt6x8jk

► "Vāsā (Ocean) – The Space that is Sacred: Pacific Islanders in Higher Education" investigates how Pacific Islander students across three college campuses – City College of San… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Ethnic studies; Education; Pacific Rim studies; Critical Pacific Islands Studies; Indigenous Studies; Pacific Islanders in the U.S. Diaspora; Pacific Islands Studies; Samoan Studies

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Palaita, D. G. (2015). The Space that is Sacred (VASA/Ocean): Pacific Islanders in Highr Education. (Thesis). University of California – Berkeley. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9gt6x8jk

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Palaita, David Ga'oupu. “The Space that is Sacred (VASA/Ocean): Pacific Islanders in Highr Education.” 2015. Thesis, University of California – Berkeley. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9gt6x8jk.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Palaita, David Ga'oupu. “The Space that is Sacred (VASA/Ocean): Pacific Islanders in Highr Education.” 2015. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Palaita DG. The Space that is Sacred (VASA/Ocean): Pacific Islanders in Highr Education. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9gt6x8jk.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Palaita DG. The Space that is Sacred (VASA/Ocean): Pacific Islanders in Highr Education. [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2015. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9gt6x8jk

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Wollongong

18. Tamate, Josie Malamahetoa Mata Molesi. Balancing the scales: the experience of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, 2013, University of Wollongong

URL: ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4078

► This thesis discusses the experience of a group of eight Pacific Island coastal States in exercising their sovereign rights for the EEZ to take… (more)

▼ This thesis discusses the experience of a group of eight Pacific Island coastal States in exercising their sovereign rights for the EEZ to take control of the tuna fishery and reduce dominance of the distant water fishing fleets. The group is established under the Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Management of Fisheries Common Interest, with the membership including the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu. Known widely as the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, the group has adopted a cooperative framework and work together to establish a number of instruments to facilitate the co-ordination and harmonisation the management of the common fish stocks within their EEZs. In doing this, the Parties to the Nauru Agreement were asserting and protecting their sovereign rights, creating economic opportunities for their people, and conserving and managing the tuna fish stock. The thesis argues that the Parties to the Nauru Agreement has taken control of their tuna fishery through the introduction of the instruments such as the minimum terms and conditions for access under the First, Second and Third Implement Arrangements of the Nauru Agreement, the Palau Arrangement for the Management of the Western Pacific Purse Seine Fishery to limit fishing effort and the establishment of the Federated States of Micronesia Arrangement for Regional Access which provide preferential treatment for the domestic and/or locally-based vessels. The thesis concludes that in order to maintain and/or strengthen the control the Parties to the Nauru Agreement have attained, the group needs to redefine its cooperative framework to cater for the different interests they have acquired.

Subjects/Keywords: Pacific Islands; Parties to the Nauru Agreement; tuna fishery; western and central Pacific Ocean

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Tamate, J. M. M. (2013). Balancing the scales: the experience of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Wollongong. Retrieved from ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4078

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Tamate, Josie Malamahetoa Mata. “Balancing the scales: the experience of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Wollongong. Accessed January 23, 2021. ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4078.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Tamate, Josie Malamahetoa Mata. “Balancing the scales: the experience of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement.” 2013. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Tamate JMM. Balancing the scales: the experience of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Wollongong; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4078.

Council of Science Editors:

Tamate JMM. Balancing the scales: the experience of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Wollongong; 2013. Available from: ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4078

University of Otago

19. Winter, David. The Rarotongan Lamprocystis: A new Pacific land snail radiation and a model for the study of sympatric speciation .

Degree: 2012, University of Otago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/2395

► Sympatric speciation, the idea that species can arise without a period of geographical isolation, is at the centre of one of the longest running and… (more)

▼ Sympatric speciation, the idea that species can arise without a period of geographical isolation, is at the centre of one of the longest running and most contentious debates in evolutionary biology. In The Origin, Darwin presented a verbal model of speciation that did not require geographical isolation. Since that time, support for sympatric models of speciation has fluctuated markedly. Today, it is generally accepted that sympatric speciation is theoretically possible, but there are few empirical studies that show it has occurred in nature. Here, I present evidence that a morphologically diverse group of land snails from Rarotonga represent a previously unrecognised evolutionary radiation, and that this radiation very likely arose by sympatric speciation. In particular, I use mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences and morphological characters to delimit seven species of Lamprocystis land snail, five of which were not previously recognised. A phylogenetic analysis incorporating these species and their relatives from across the Pacific establishes that this radiation arose within Rarotonga and a phylogeographic study of two of the Rarotongan species shows it is unlikely that geographic isolation within the island could explain their origin. Taken together, these studies make a strong, albeit circumstantial, case that the Rarotongan Lamprocystis radiation arose by sympatric speciation. However, the forces that drove the origin of these species remain unclear. Theoretical models that predict the possibility of sympatric speciation all include strong ecological competition between species as they begin to form. Ecological data collected for these species shows little evidence for such competition. Several results produced here are of interest over and above their use in determining whether the Rarotongan Lamprocystis arose in sympatry. The delimitation of a new Pacific land-snail radiation is an important result in and of itself, as snails in the Pacific have contributed greatly to our understanding of evolution, but most previously studied radiations in this region are extinct or at risk of extinction. The particular approach I have taken to delimiting the species that make up this radiation should provide a model for the rapid and accurate species delimitation from molecular and morphological evidence. Finally, several results of taxonomic or conservation importance are discussed. Advisors/Committee Members: Spencer, Hamish G (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Speciation; land snail; Pacific; Cook Islands; Rarotonga; evolution

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Winter, D. (2012). The Rarotongan Lamprocystis: A new Pacific land snail radiation and a model for the study of sympatric speciation . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/2395

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Winter, David. “The Rarotongan Lamprocystis: A new Pacific land snail radiation and a model for the study of sympatric speciation .” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Otago. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10523/2395.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Winter, David. “The Rarotongan Lamprocystis: A new Pacific land snail radiation and a model for the study of sympatric speciation .” 2012. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Winter D. The Rarotongan Lamprocystis: A new Pacific land snail radiation and a model for the study of sympatric speciation . [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Otago; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/2395.

Council of Science Editors:

Winter D. The Rarotongan Lamprocystis: A new Pacific land snail radiation and a model for the study of sympatric speciation . [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Otago; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/2395

University of Tasmania

20. Johnston, IC. Disaster response and adaptation to climate change in Fiji and Tonga : remote island perspectives.

Degree: 2015, University of Tasmania

URL: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22896/7/Johnston_whole_thesis_ex_pub_mat.pdf ; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22896/1/Johnston_whole_thesis.pdf

► In the South Pacific, an area prone to disasters of many kinds, tropical cyclones are predicted to increase in strength, track length and lifespan due… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: climate change adaptation; disaster management; remote islands; Pacific

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Johnston, I. (2015). Disaster response and adaptation to climate change in Fiji and Tonga : remote island perspectives. (Thesis). University of Tasmania. Retrieved from https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22896/7/Johnston_whole_thesis_ex_pub_mat.pdf ; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22896/1/Johnston_whole_thesis.pdf

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Johnston, IC. “Disaster response and adaptation to climate change in Fiji and Tonga : remote island perspectives.” 2015. Thesis, University of Tasmania. Accessed January 23, 2021. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22896/7/Johnston_whole_thesis_ex_pub_mat.pdf ; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22896/1/Johnston_whole_thesis.pdf.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Johnston, IC. “Disaster response and adaptation to climate change in Fiji and Tonga : remote island perspectives.” 2015. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Johnston I. Disaster response and adaptation to climate change in Fiji and Tonga : remote island perspectives. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Tasmania; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22896/7/Johnston_whole_thesis_ex_pub_mat.pdf ; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22896/1/Johnston_whole_thesis.pdf.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Johnston I. Disaster response and adaptation to climate change in Fiji and Tonga : remote island perspectives. [Thesis]. University of Tasmania; 2015. Available from: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22896/7/Johnston_whole_thesis_ex_pub_mat.pdf ; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22896/1/Johnston_whole_thesis.pdf

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Adelaide

21. Finizio, Anna Vicki. [EMBARGOED] Food System Transformation in Fiji: Exploring the Determinants of Diet Quality and Health Outcomes in Rural and Urban Households.

Degree: 2019, University of Adelaide

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/120234

► Rapid transformations of global agrifood systems, driven by technological change, trade liberalisation, foreign investment, urbanisation and rising middle-classes in developing countries have contributed to profound… (more)

▼ Rapid transformations of global agrifood systems, driven by technological change, trade liberalisation, foreign investment, urbanisation and rising middle-classes in developing countries have contributed to profound shifts in food production, and consumption. This shift is often referred to as the “nutrition transition”, which has had a subsequent effect on diet and health, with rising rates of obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) currently observed across the world. Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) have the highest prevalence rates of adult obesity in the world. Fiji provides a unique context as one of the more developed and highest populated economies of all the PICTs. This thesis examined the determinants of diet quality and health outcomes in both rural and urban households in Fiji, with implications for wider PICTs. In Fiji, agriculture generates income for approximately 65% of the total population, with many rural households specialising in subsistence agriculture. Agriculture influences nutrition through a number of pathways, directly through the production of subsistence food crops or animals, and indirectly through the sale of agricultural goods and therefore capacity to purchase food. Chapters 3 and 4 examine the impact of farm production diversity, modern market access, and women’s empowerment in household decision-making on dietary quality and health outcomes amongst rural households in Fiji using data from face-to-face surveys undertaken in 600 rural households. A household dietary diversity score was developed based on previous studies, and it was found that households who sell their produce to modern markets have greater diet diversity, and households who lived closer to modern food markets were less likely to eat traditional staple foods. In households where the female contributed to decision-making, the household was less likely to consume unhealthy foods. Despite substantial economic growth, large inequalities remain in PICTs, and it is common to also see problems of underweight, stunting, and micronutrient deficiencies, signalling the “double burden” of undernutrition and obesity. Chapter 4 examines both adult and child health body mass index (BMI) outcomes in rural households. Regression analysis found that the consumption of home-grown produce had a significant effect in reducing child BMI-z and that households located further away from traditional food markets were more likely to experience child stunting. In households where the principal female contributed to agricultural household decision-making, there was a significant positive effect on adult BMI. The modernising of food retail sectors has been most prominent in urban areas of PICTs. Chapter 5 explores the link between the food market environment and other sociodemographic influences on diet quality in urban households in Fiji, using data from a unique survey of 1000 urban households. A household’s diet diversity score was positively and significantly impacted by an increase in income, frequency of eating out and… Advisors/Committee Members: Umberger, Wendy (advisor), Wheeler, Sarah (advisor), Zuo, Alec (advisor), Centre for Global Food & Resources (school).

Subjects/Keywords: Diet quality; diet diversity; health outcomes; Pacific Islands; food markets

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Finizio, A. V. (2019). [EMBARGOED] Food System Transformation in Fiji: Exploring the Determinants of Diet Quality and Health Outcomes in Rural and Urban Households. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/120234

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Finizio, Anna Vicki. “[EMBARGOED] Food System Transformation in Fiji: Exploring the Determinants of Diet Quality and Health Outcomes in Rural and Urban Households.” 2019. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/120234.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Finizio, Anna Vicki. “[EMBARGOED] Food System Transformation in Fiji: Exploring the Determinants of Diet Quality and Health Outcomes in Rural and Urban Households.” 2019. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Finizio AV. [EMBARGOED] Food System Transformation in Fiji: Exploring the Determinants of Diet Quality and Health Outcomes in Rural and Urban Households. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/120234.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Finizio AV. [EMBARGOED] Food System Transformation in Fiji: Exploring the Determinants of Diet Quality and Health Outcomes in Rural and Urban Households. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/120234

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Oregon

22. Levin, Maureece. Food Production, Environment, and Culture in the Tropical Pacific: Evidence for Prehistoric and Historic Plant Cultivation in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.

Degree: PhD, Department of Anthropology, 2016, University of Oregon

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19669

► Food production, or the cultivation and processing of edible materials, is closely linked to both the physical environment and human social systems. This is especially… (more)

▼ Food production, or the cultivation and processing of edible materials, is closely linked to both the physical environment and human social systems. This is especially true on the islands of Remote Oceania, where cultivation of plants introduced with colonization has always been a key component of survival. This project centers on the production systems of an island in the west central Pacific: Pohnpei, Micronesia. It addresses the fundamental question of how food production is related to changes in social and physical environments and also addresses the optimum ways to archaeologically study plant remains in tropical oceanic environments with poor preservation. In order to examine these questions, this project looks at human-environment interrelationships using historical ecology. A multi-pronged approach was used in this research. Archaeological survey was used to identify prehistoric and historic features on the landscape and to map the distribution of food production activities. Excavation of selected archaeological features, including breadfruit fermentation pits, yam enclosures, and cooking features, was conducted to examine formation patterns. Paleoethnobotanical analysis included collection and analysis of flotation samples for carbonized plant macroremain analysis and sediment samples for phytolith analysis. Finally, because a reference collection is key to all paleoethnobotanical research, plant specimens from multiple Pacific locations were collected and processed for phytolith reference. Botanical data show that phytolith analysis is very useful in the Pacific region, as many economically important taxa produce phytoliths. However, because of differential silica uptake, it should be used in conjunction with other methods. Archaeological phytolith analysis of the garden landscape shows disturbance caused by pigs, which were introduced historically, a change from the prehistoric phytolith record, which shows no major shifts. Combined analysis of plant macroremains and phytoliths from secure archaeological contexts shows the use of banana leaves in breadfruit cooking in the historic period, highlighting the importance of multi-method paleoethnobotanical study. These data point towards an anthropogenic environment and stable agricultural system that was present in late prehistoric Pohnpei. Major changes occurred in the historic period, although production of plant foods that were important for centuries continues to flourish today. Advisors/Committee Members: Ayres, William (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Archaeology; Historical ecology; Micronesia; Pacific Islands; Paleoethnobotany; Phytolith analysis

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Levin, M. (2016). Food Production, Environment, and Culture in the Tropical Pacific: Evidence for Prehistoric and Historic Plant Cultivation in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Oregon. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19669

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Levin, Maureece. “Food Production, Environment, and Culture in the Tropical Pacific: Evidence for Prehistoric and Historic Plant Cultivation in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oregon. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19669.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Levin, Maureece. “Food Production, Environment, and Culture in the Tropical Pacific: Evidence for Prehistoric and Historic Plant Cultivation in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.” 2016. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Levin M. Food Production, Environment, and Culture in the Tropical Pacific: Evidence for Prehistoric and Historic Plant Cultivation in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Oregon; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19669.

Council of Science Editors:

Levin M. Food Production, Environment, and Culture in the Tropical Pacific: Evidence for Prehistoric and Historic Plant Cultivation in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Oregon; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19669

University of Notre Dame

23. Margaret Hutchison McMillan. "I Improve This Opportunity to Write to You:” Hawaiian Writers to American Readers in the Nineteenth Century</h1>.

Degree: English, 2019, University of Notre Dame

URL: https://curate.nd.edu/show/wm117m04r1k

► The captive Friday, mute but grateful to his white savior to avoid a fate worse than death at the hands of cannibalistic fellow islanders,… (more)

▼ The captive Friday, mute but grateful to his white savior to avoid a fate worse than death at the hands of cannibalistic fellow islanders, leaving his fleeting footsteps in the sands of time. Fayaway, all smiles, mystery and silence, trapped by the cultural restrictions of her own paradise. Queequeg, speaking in undecipherable pidgin while hawking embalmed heads on the streets of Boston on a Sabbath. These are a few of many examples of fictional portrayals of Pacific Islander who are either unable, or in some cases unwilling, to speak for themselves: fictional portrayals influenced by a discourse that perceived indigenous people as mystified by western technology, helpless before the onslaught of disease, unable to progress into a modern age, silent victims of preconditioned fate. Yet as the nineteenth century progressed and western literacy spread throughout the Pacific, such fictional portraits of Pacific Islanders did not reflect the complex, increasingly hybrid culture that became the reality of a globalized—and in many cases, forcefully colonized—Oceania, whose inhabitants survived despite all the forces poised for their annihilation. Specifically, Native Hawaiians were one community among many in Oceania to adapt western alphabetic literacy and print technology in the service of preserving autonomous nationalism during a period when the United States increasingly turned its imperial gaze to the Hawaiian Islands. As this study will demonstrate, pro-imperialist discourse encouraged the erasure of native voices, including records of their dissent. In each instance in which Native Hawaiians addressed an American audience through the medium of print, they provided a corrective to false representations of Pacific Islanders as uncivilized and passive—deconstructing expansionist rhetoric through the content as well as the context of their self-representations. This study examines an archive of Hawaiian writings in English directed to American readers throughout the nineteenth century, with the conclusion that trans-Hawaiian/U.S. print networks represent a site of creative adaptation in which Hawaiians strategically engaged with the medium of print as one tool for asserting their sovereign identity on a global stage. Advisors/Committee Members: John Duffy, Committee Member, Laura Dassow Walls, Research Director, Nan Da, Committee Member.

Subjects/Keywords: Hawaiian Islands; American Imperialism; Indigenous Literacy; Pacific Print Culture

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McMillan, M. H. (2019). "I Improve This Opportunity to Write to You:” Hawaiian Writers to American Readers in the Nineteenth Century</h1>. (Thesis). University of Notre Dame. Retrieved from https://curate.nd.edu/show/wm117m04r1k

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

McMillan, Margaret Hutchison. “"I Improve This Opportunity to Write to You:” Hawaiian Writers to American Readers in the Nineteenth Century</h1>.” 2019. Thesis, University of Notre Dame. Accessed January 23, 2021. https://curate.nd.edu/show/wm117m04r1k.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

McMillan, Margaret Hutchison. “"I Improve This Opportunity to Write to You:” Hawaiian Writers to American Readers in the Nineteenth Century</h1>.” 2019. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

McMillan MH. "I Improve This Opportunity to Write to You:” Hawaiian Writers to American Readers in the Nineteenth Century</h1>. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Notre Dame; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: https://curate.nd.edu/show/wm117m04r1k.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

McMillan MH. "I Improve This Opportunity to Write to You:” Hawaiian Writers to American Readers in the Nineteenth Century</h1>. [Thesis]. University of Notre Dame; 2019. Available from: https://curate.nd.edu/show/wm117m04r1k

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University of Melbourne

24. Sobhani, Nima. Global tides, Pacific shores: an exploration of the emerging possibilities of political autonomy in the formation of education policy in the Pacific.

Degree: 2018, University of Melbourne

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/218085

► Since gaining independence, the education landscape throughout Pacific Island nations has changed as a result of both local pressures and global forces, which have included:… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: education policy; Pacific Islands; postcolonial studies; politics of development; political autonomy

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Sobhani, N. (2018). Global tides, Pacific shores: an exploration of the emerging possibilities of political autonomy in the formation of education policy in the Pacific. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Melbourne. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11343/218085

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Sobhani, Nima. “Global tides, Pacific shores: an exploration of the emerging possibilities of political autonomy in the formation of education policy in the Pacific.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Melbourne. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/218085.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Sobhani, Nima. “Global tides, Pacific shores: an exploration of the emerging possibilities of political autonomy in the formation of education policy in the Pacific.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Sobhani N. Global tides, Pacific shores: an exploration of the emerging possibilities of political autonomy in the formation of education policy in the Pacific. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Melbourne; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/218085.

Council of Science Editors:

Sobhani N. Global tides, Pacific shores: an exploration of the emerging possibilities of political autonomy in the formation of education policy in the Pacific. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Melbourne; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/218085

University of Hawaii – Manoa

25. Haggerty, Janet A. The geologic history of the southern Line Islands.

Degree: PhD, 2009, University of Hawaii – Manoa

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/9825

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Bibliography: leaves 182-202.

Microfiche.

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Bibliography: leaves 182-202.

Microfiche.

xiii, 202 leaves, bound ill., maps, plates 29 cm

The Line Islands chain, a major bathymetric feature in the Pacific Basin, is composed of a linear series of parallel submarine ridges and volcanic edifices capped by atolls. Rocks dredged from the previously unsampled southern portion of the chain – the Caroline Island area – have been analyzed for depositional environment, biostratigraphic age, and diagenetic environment. These rocks contain Late Cretaceous and Tertiary faunas. Drilling on DSDP Legs 17 and 33 revealed that synchronous volcanic edifice building and reef development cook place in Late Cretaceous time over a distance of 1270 km along the chain. Rocks dredged from seamounts near Caroline Island contain volcanic debris and shallow-water shell debris of Late Cretaceous age. This association is evidence for the existence of a reef-bearing volcanic edifices with a minimum age of Late Cretaceous near Caroline Island. With the discovery of these seamounts, the known occurrences of Late Cretaceous, reef-capped, volcanic edifices now extend a distance of 2500 km from Kingman Reef to Caroline Island. Volcanism during middle Eocene time is documented in the southern Line Islands, where Eocene sediments were engulfed and altered by volcanic eruptions. Skeletal debris of shallow-water origin was redeposited in deep-water Paleocene. Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene strata indicating that reef development was perhaps continuous throughout the Tertiary. Stable isotope geochemistry of carbonate cements indicates subsidence of the Line Islands seamounts during post-Eocene time. The synchroneity of Late Cretaceous volcanism along 2500 km of the Line Islands argues against the proposition that a single hotspot of the Hawaiian-Emperor type produced the Line Island chain. Volcanic edifices of Cretaceous age are now known to extend from the Line Islands through the Mid-Pacific Mountains to the Marshall Islands and the western margin of the Pacific Plate from Japan to the Marianas. The occurrence of both Cretaceous and Eocene volcanism in the southern Line Islands indicates similarities between the histories of the Line Islands and the Marshall Islands.

Subjects/Keywords: Geology – Pacific Ocean; Line Islands

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Haggerty, J. A. (2009). The geologic history of the southern Line Islands. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Hawaii – Manoa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10125/9825

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Haggerty, Janet A. “The geologic history of the southern Line Islands.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Hawaii – Manoa. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/9825.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Haggerty, Janet A. “The geologic history of the southern Line Islands.” 2009. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Haggerty JA. The geologic history of the southern Line Islands. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2009. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/9825.

Council of Science Editors:

Haggerty JA. The geologic history of the southern Line Islands. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/9825

The Ohio State University

26. Riordan, Kyle. A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Naihehe Cave in the sigatoka River Valley of viti Levu, Fiji.

Degree: MA, Anthropology, 2018, The Ohio State University

URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524150877877185

► Naihehe Cave, a Navatu phase site, is located within the middle region of the Sigatoka river valley of Viti Levu, Fiji. This thesis reports on… (more)

▼ Naihehe Cave, a Navatu phase site, is located within the middle region of the Sigatoka river valley of Viti Levu, Fiji. This thesis reports on a series of original investigations of Naihehe cave, which began with field excavations of the site during May 2017 and continued with laboratory investigations over the following year. The research is innovative and exploratory, as Naihehe Cave had never been excavated before and the geoarchaeological methods applied in this research have never been applied in Fijian archaeology, and rarely elsewhere. There were many questions answered in this research, but the primary goal was to investigate if humans had occupied Naihehe Cave in prehistory, to understand what they might have been doing inside of the cave, and ultimately to see if human activities affected the natural environment and deposits in the cave. Understanding the archaeology of this cave site is deduced mainly by way of sedimentological “ecofacts” rather than material artifacts. Sediments were collected and analyzed through numerous testing methods. The methodology is diverse which allows for a thorough and data rich interpretation of natural deposition and human activities. It adds to the conversation of how traces of human activity can be discerned at the smallest of scales and understood archaeologically. The lab methods employed in this research include use of Scanning Electron Microscopy with energy dispersion spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), organic matter loss-on-ignition, carbonate loss-on-ignition, macrocharcoal paleobotanical identification, and radiocarbon dating. Naihehe Cave is in a geographically and archaeologically significant area pertaining to the first agriculturalists in Fiji. Naihehe cave was investigated in order to assess the connection between the sites in this area. It was concluded that humans did occupy the cave in prehistory, during the time period where humans occupied the nearby agricultural site of Qaraqara. The extent of archaeological features discovered in the two excavated test units include four separate fire features (two calibrated radiocarbon dates at AD 886-1013 and AD 280-529). Advisors/Committee Members: Field, Julie (Advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Archaeology; Archaeology, Geoarchaeology, Fijian Archaeology, Pacific Islands Archaeology

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APA (6^th Edition):

Riordan, K. (2018). A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Naihehe Cave in the sigatoka River Valley of viti Levu, Fiji. (Masters Thesis). The Ohio State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524150877877185

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Riordan, Kyle. “A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Naihehe Cave in the sigatoka River Valley of viti Levu, Fiji.” 2018. Masters Thesis, The Ohio State University. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524150877877185.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Riordan, Kyle. “A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Naihehe Cave in the sigatoka River Valley of viti Levu, Fiji.” 2018. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Riordan K. A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Naihehe Cave in the sigatoka River Valley of viti Levu, Fiji. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. The Ohio State University; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524150877877185.

Council of Science Editors:

Riordan K. A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Naihehe Cave in the sigatoka River Valley of viti Levu, Fiji. [Masters Thesis]. The Ohio State University; 2018. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524150877877185

Osaka University

27. Tevita, Suka Mangisi. A Study of the Postwar Evolution of Japan's Island Strategy in the Pacific with a Focus on the PALM Summits : 戦後における日本の太平洋島嶼戦略の展開 : 太平洋・島サミットの実施を中心に; センゴ　ニ　オケル　ニホン　ノ　タイヘイヨウ　トウショ　センリャク　ノ　テンカイ　タイヘイヨウ　シマ　サミット　ノ　ジッシ　ヲ　チュウシンニ.

Degree: 博士（国際公共政策）, 2009, Osaka University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11094/27597

博士（国際公共政策）

2009-09-25

大阪大学

14401甲第13837号

23386

Subjects/Keywords: JAPAN; DIPLOMATIC; STRATEGY; PACIFIC; ISLANDS

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Tevita, S. M. (2009). A Study of the Postwar Evolution of Japan's Island Strategy in the Pacific with a Focus on the PALM Summits : 戦後における日本の太平洋島嶼戦略の展開 : 太平洋・島サミットの実施を中心に; センゴ　ニ　オケル　ニホン　ノ　タイヘイヨウ　トウショ　センリャク　ノ　テンカイ　タイヘイヨウ　シマ　サミット　ノ　ジッシ　ヲ　チュウシンニ. (Thesis). Osaka University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11094/27597

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Tevita, Suka Mangisi. “A Study of the Postwar Evolution of Japan's Island Strategy in the Pacific with a Focus on the PALM Summits : 戦後における日本の太平洋島嶼戦略の展開 : 太平洋・島サミットの実施を中心に; センゴ　ニ　オケル　ニホン　ノ　タイヘイヨウ　トウショ　センリャク　ノ　テンカイ　タイヘイヨウ　シマ　サミット　ノ　ジッシ　ヲ　チュウシンニ.” 2009. Thesis, Osaka University. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11094/27597.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Tevita, Suka Mangisi. “A Study of the Postwar Evolution of Japan's Island Strategy in the Pacific with a Focus on the PALM Summits : 戦後における日本の太平洋島嶼戦略の展開 : 太平洋・島サミットの実施を中心に; センゴ　ニ　オケル　ニホン　ノ　タイヘイヨウ　トウショ　センリャク　ノ　テンカイ　タイヘイヨウ　シマ　サミット　ノ　ジッシ　ヲ　チュウシンニ.” 2009. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Tevita SM. A Study of the Postwar Evolution of Japan's Island Strategy in the Pacific with a Focus on the PALM Summits : 戦後における日本の太平洋島嶼戦略の展開 : 太平洋・島サミットの実施を中心に; センゴ　ニ　オケル　ニホン　ノ　タイヘイヨウ　トウショ　センリャク　ノ　テンカイ　タイヘイヨウ　シマ　サミット　ノ　ジッシ　ヲ　チュウシンニ. [Internet] [Thesis]. Osaka University; 2009. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11094/27597.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Tevita SM. A Study of the Postwar Evolution of Japan's Island Strategy in the Pacific with a Focus on the PALM Summits : 戦後における日本の太平洋島嶼戦略の展開 : 太平洋・島サミットの実施を中心に; センゴ　ニ　オケル　ニホン　ノ　タイヘイヨウ　トウショ　センリャク　ノ　テンカイ　タイヘイヨウ　シマ　サミット　ノ　ジッシ　ヲ　チュウシンニ. [Thesis]. Osaka University; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11094/27597

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Australian National University

28. Seikel, Katherine Ann. Prehistoric Socio-Political Structure on Pohnpei: Perspectives from Mortuary Contexts .

Degree: 2016, Australian National University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109278

► The traditional Pohnpeian socio-political system has been classified as a complex stratified chiefdom (e.g. Ayres 1990; Cordy 1985; Petersen 1992) and was arguably a state… (more)

▼ The traditional Pohnpeian socio-political system has been classified as a complex stratified chiefdom (e.g. Ayres 1990; Cordy 1985; Petersen 1992) and was arguably a state for a few hundred years of the island’s prehistory. Oral tradition documents a period when the island was unified by a dynasty based at the site of Nan Madol, followed by a decentralization of power after the dynasty was overthrown (Bernart 1977; Hambruch 1936a; Hanlon 1988a). Archaeological data support the identification of Nan Madol as a major socio-political center in prehistory, but little is known archaeologically about how power was centralized at Nan Madol and the strategies used to maintain the state prior to its overthrow. The primary questions of this thesis surround the mechanisms of social change in Pohnpeian prehistory, particularly the use of coercion and cooperation as a means of developing and/or maintaining a state-level society. Monumental architecture is often associated with the presence of complex stratified societies and states, and is often referenced in discussions of socio-political development (e.g. Joyce 2004; Kirch 2010; Kolb 1994). Monumental constructions on Pohnpei, particularly those at Nan Madol, have been a point of interest to visitors and researchers since the mid-1800s. Surprisingly, with the numbers of drawings and maps produced of these monuments, little detailed analysis of these structures as a unit has been completed. This thesis addresses questions related to the socio-political development of Pohnpei through the analysis of mortuary monuments and structures. Detailed comparisons of architectural features performing similar functions can produce invaluable information relating to social hierarchy and change. Examinations of architectural change over time may indicate major shifts in a society’s developmental trajectory. This thesis examines monumental mortuary structures in order to examine social strategies in the state period and factors which may have played a role in the maintenance and dissolution the centralized socio-political system. These structures were constructed across the island, including at Nan Madol. The inclusion of burial platforms with the lolong in this analysis will allow for an examination of hierarchical relations between burial types, and identification of potential indicators of socio-political change. This thesis examines architectural styles, scale of architecture, permanent features associated with each structure, and labor invested into the construction process. The analyses of this data will provide information on relative status of architectural features, the management required to construct these structures, differences between sites, and change over time. The results will then be used to discuss the probability of the use of coercive labor mobilization strategies in building construction, and the wider social implications of the use of coercion in architectural projects. This study will examine the incidence of coercive labor mobilization in contrast to cooperative…

Subjects/Keywords: archaeology; Pacific Islands; Micronesia; Pohnpei; Nan Madol; socio-politics

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Seikel, K. A. (2016). Prehistoric Socio-Political Structure on Pohnpei: Perspectives from Mortuary Contexts . (Thesis). Australian National University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109278

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Seikel, Katherine Ann. “Prehistoric Socio-Political Structure on Pohnpei: Perspectives from Mortuary Contexts .” 2016. Thesis, Australian National University. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109278.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Seikel, Katherine Ann. “Prehistoric Socio-Political Structure on Pohnpei: Perspectives from Mortuary Contexts .” 2016. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Seikel KA. Prehistoric Socio-Political Structure on Pohnpei: Perspectives from Mortuary Contexts . [Internet] [Thesis]. Australian National University; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109278.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Seikel KA. Prehistoric Socio-Political Structure on Pohnpei: Perspectives from Mortuary Contexts . [Thesis]. Australian National University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109278

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Massey University

29. Swain, Peter Mervyn. Civil society and development : Pacific Island case studies.

Degree: PhD, Development Studies, 1999, Massey University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3949

► This enquiry set out to examine the role of civil society in economic and social development, and the relationship between the state, the market and… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Pacific Islands; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Civil society, Pacific Islands; Economic development, Solomon Islands; Economic development, Samoa; Community development, Pacific Islands; Social development, Pacific Islands

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Swain, P. M. (1999). Civil society and development : Pacific Island case studies. (Doctoral Dissertation). Massey University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3949

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Swain, Peter Mervyn. “Civil society and development : Pacific Island case studies.” 1999. Doctoral Dissertation, Massey University. Accessed January 23, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3949.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Swain, Peter Mervyn. “Civil society and development : Pacific Island case studies.” 1999. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Swain PM. Civil society and development : Pacific Island case studies. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Massey University; 1999. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3949.

Council of Science Editors:

Swain PM. Civil society and development : Pacific Island case studies. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Massey University; 1999. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3949

University of North Texas

30. Gessas, Jeff. Indigenous Knowledge on the Marshall Islands: a Case for Recognition Justice.

Degree: 2015, University of North Texas

URL: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc822739/

► Recent decades have marked growing academic and scientific attention to the role of indigenous knowledge in climate change adaptation, mitigation, and detection strategies. However, how… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: traditional ecological knowledge; indigenous knowledge; environmental justice; recognition justice; pacific island states; Ethnosciences – Marshall Islands.; Climatic changes – Marshall Islands.

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Gessas, J. (2015). Indigenous Knowledge on the Marshall Islands: a Case for Recognition Justice. (Thesis). University of North Texas. Retrieved from https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc822739/

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Gessas, Jeff. “Indigenous Knowledge on the Marshall Islands: a Case for Recognition Justice.” 2015. Thesis, University of North Texas. Accessed January 23, 2021. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc822739/.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Gessas, Jeff. “Indigenous Knowledge on the Marshall Islands: a Case for Recognition Justice.” 2015. Web. 23 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Gessas J. Indigenous Knowledge on the Marshall Islands: a Case for Recognition Justice. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Texas; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 23]. Available from: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc822739/.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Gessas J. Indigenous Knowledge on the Marshall Islands: a Case for Recognition Justice. [Thesis]. University of North Texas; 2015. Available from: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc822739/

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

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