Attitudes to National Identity in Melanesia and Timor-Leste; A Survey of Future Leaders in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Timor-Leste

by Michael Leach, James Scambary, Matthew Clarke

This book examines the attitudes of tertiary students in Melanesia and Timor-Leste to national identity and key issues of nation-building. Their views are pivotal to understanding the challenges of building a more cohesive sense of national identity and political community in these states. Melanesian countries show a relatively high degree of similarity in their responses to the surveys on national identity carried out by the authors, but with key...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034309899
• ISBN13: 9783034309899
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Peter Lang UK
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"