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Fault lines for unrest in the Pacific: Youth, livelihoods and land rights in driving and mitigating conflict / Craney, Aidan

Craney, Aidan	Journal Article
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Instances of civil unrest and disorder have pockmarked the mainly peaceful functioning of multiple Pacific states in recent decades. This paper examines factors which can be seen as fault lines for predicting and mitigating such unrest, with a particular focus on Fiji and Solomon Islands. Drawing on data collected through interviews with youth advocates and activists, it becomes clear that the common justification of ‘ethnic tensions’ for past unrest and fears of future unrest being necessitated by a ‘youth bulge’ oversimplifies the complexity of factors that lead to disorder. Issues of land rights, uncertain livelihood futures and public perceptions of inequality provide more salient framings for understanding why citizens engage in unrest. Indeed, it is perceptions of injustice and inequality which may well prove to be the greater indicator of the likelihood of any future destabilisation.

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Conflict ; Youth ; Pacific ; Livelihoods ; Land Rights ; Civil Unrest

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Navigating the dilemmas of politically smart, locally led development: the Pacific-based Green Growth Leaders’ Coalition / Craney, Aidan; Hudson, David

Hudson, David	Journal Article
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Iterative approaches to development under banners such as ‘thinking and working politically’ and ‘doing development differently’ build upon decades-old commitments to fostering locally led and -owned development. These approaches are increasingly popular with academics and development practitioners. In this paper we argue that outsiders seeking to deliver locally led, politically smart programmes need to either accept that competing priorities, results and values will work to limit the extent of true local ownership, or be sufficiently committed to true local leadership to accept that this may well cut against organisational imperatives. Using the example of the Pacific-based Green Growth Leaders’ Coalition, we discuss how politically tricky partnerships challenge tenets of local leadership and ownership.

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Dilemmas ; Adaptive Development ; Locally Led Development ; Pacific Development ; Thinking and Working Politically ; Action Research

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