Pg. 99: Stephanie Lawson's "Regional Politics in Oceania"

Featured at the Page 99 Test: Regional Politics in Oceania: From Colonialism and Cold War to the Pacific Century by Stephanie Lawson.

About the book, from the publisher:

Stephanie Lawson's book is by far the most comprehensive study of regional politics in Oceania produced to date. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary sources, she provides a systematic account of major issues facing the region and presents conceptual and theoretical issues in a sophisticated but accessible manner. She traces the trajectories of regional politics from the earliest human settlements to European exploration and colonization, the period of formal regionalization in the post-war period, decolonization, the Cold War, and key geopolitical developments in the post-Cold War period. She also focuses on identity politics, manifest at various levels from the local through to the national, subregional and regional, as well as broader configurations around the West/non-West divide. This book will be of interest to anyone engaged with the history and politics of Oceania or comparative regional studies, especially given the relevance of themes to Asian, African and Latin American contexts.

Learn more about Regional Politics in Oceania at the Cambridge University Press website.

The Page 99 Test: Regional Politics in Oceania.

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