John Connell

Papua New Guinea

The Struggle for Development

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since 1975 the economy of Papua New Guinea has focused on mineral, rather than agricultural production as previously. This is the first book to look at these changes in a complex, rapidly evolving nation from an economic perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781138994744
• ISBN-10: 113899474X
• Artikelnr.: 50442239

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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