Speaking to Power: Gender and Politics in the Western Pacific 1000143341, 9781000143348

Pacific Women in Politics: Gender Quota Campaigns in the Pacific Islands 9780824878597

Women are significantly underrepresented in politics in the Pacific Islands, given that only one in twenty Pacific parli

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Women in Politics: Gender, Power and Development 9781350224070, 9781783600526

Women the world over are being prevented from engaging in politics. Women’s political leadership of any sort is a rarity

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Nomads and Nation-Building in the Western Sahara: Gender, Politics and the Sahrawi 178831140X, 9781786723642

Fabled for more than three thousand years as fierce warrior-nomads and cameleers dominating the western Trans-Saharan ca

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Nomads and Nation-Building in the Western Sahara: Gender, Politics and the Sahrawi 9781350987357, 9781786733641

Fabled for more than three thousand years as fierce warrior-nomads and cameleers dominating the western Trans-Saharan ca

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Gender, Power and Sexual Abuse in the Pacific: Rev. Simpson’s ‘Improper Liberties’ 9781474276351, 9781474276382, 9781474276375

In 1843 on the island of Tahiti the evangelical missionary Rev. Alexander Simpson was accused of sexually assaulting thr

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Pacific Answers to Western Hegemony 9781859731598

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When Women Ruled the Pacific: Power and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Tahiti and Hawai‘i 1496231805, 9781496231802

Throughout the nineteenth century British and American imperialists advanced into the Pacific, with catastrophic effects

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Leadership and Change in the Western Pacific 9780367716523, 9781845200367

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Risky Shores: Savagery and Colonialism in the Western Pacific 9781503605954

Why did the so-called "Cannibal Isles" of the Western Pacific fascinate Europeans for so long? Spanning three

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France in the South Pacific : Power and Politics [1 ed.] 9781922144959, 9781922144942

France is a Pacific power, with three territories, a military presence, and extensive investments. Once seen by many as

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