Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies (CIPS)

School of International Studies (SIS)

Programme: M.A. (PISM)

Course Content
o Introduction to Social Setting with particular reference to Melanesian, Polynesian,
Micronesian ethnic groups and people of European and Indian Origin.
o Melanesian Society and Politics in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu,
and New Caledonia
o Polynesian Society and Politics in Cook Islands, Nauru, Tonga and Western Samoa.
o Micronesian Society and Politics in Kiribati, Micronesia, and Marshall Islands.
o European Immigrants in Australia and New Zealand and their Politics.
o Indo-Rijians and Politics in Fiji
o Freedom Movement in New Caledonia
o South-West Pacific and Big Powers (The US, the former USSR, France, Japan, China,
Britain, and India)
o Regional Cooperation through South Pacific Commission (SPC) and Pacific Islands
Forum (PIF).
o Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (NWFZ) Concept and Outside World.
Select Readings
o Ali Ahmed and Ron Crocombe (Eds.), “Politics in Melanesia”, Suva, University of
Suva, 1982
o Alex Mamak and Ahmed Ali (Eds.), “Race, Class and Rebellion in the South Pacific”,
Sudney, Genrge Allen & Unwin, 1979
o Bruce Dickson (Ed.), “Economic Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region”,
Massachussets, Brookings Institution, 1984
o [Link], “Political Advancement in the South Pacific”, New York, Oxford University
Press, 1961
o Fodor, “Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific”, New York, Mckay David &
Co., 1987
o H.C. Brookfield, “Colonialism, Development and Independence: The Case of the
Melanesian Islands in the South Pacific”, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,
1983
o Henry S. Albinaski, “Australia: Politics and Foreign Policy”, Lanham, University Press
of America, 1985
o J.D. Jennings (Ed.), “The Pre-History of Polynesia”, Canberra, University of Canberra,
1979
o J.W. Davidson, “The Study of the Pacific History”, Canberra, University of Canberra,
1955
o John C. Dorrance, “Oceania and the United States: An Analysis of US Interests and
Policy in the South Pacific”, Illinois, National Defense University, 1980
o John J. Stephen (Ed.), “The Soviet-American Horizon on the Pacific”, Honolulu,
University of Hawaii Press, 1987
o K.S. Inglis (Ed.), “History of Melanesia”, Canberra, ANU, 1971
o Michael C Howard & Simione Darutalo (Eds.), “Political Economy of the South
Pacific”, New South Wales, James Cook University, 1987
o R. Norton, “Race and Politics in Fiji”, St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1977
o R. May (Ed.), “Micronesia Nationalist Movement in Papua New Guinea”, Canberra,
ANU, 1984
o Ramesh Thakur and Carlyle Thayer (Eds.), “Soviet Union as an Asia-Pacific Power”,
London, Macmillan & Westview Press, 1987
o Richard Hulgam, “Democracy and Power in New Zealand: A Study in New Zealand
Politics”, London, Oxford University Press, 1984
o T.B. Miller (Ed.), “International Security in the Southeast Asian and Southwest Pacific
Region”, Canberra, ANU, 1982
o Robillard, “Social Change in the Pacific Islands, London, Routledge, 1992
o Lawson, Stephanie (2013), “Melanesia: The History and politics of an Idea”, The
Journal of Pacific History, 48 (1): 1-22
o Levine, Stephen (2016), Pacific Ways: Government and Politics in the Pacific Islands,
Wellington: Victoria University Press
o Fry, Grey and Tarte, Sandra (eds.) (2015), The New Pacific Diplomacy, Canberra:
ANU Press
o Barnett, Jon and Campbell, John (2010), Climate Change and Small Island States:
Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific, London: Earthscan
o Hegarty, David and Tryon, Darrell (2013), Politics, Development and Security in
Oceania, Canberra: ANU E Press
o May, R J (2001), State and Society in Papua New Guinea, Hindmarsh (SA): Crawford
House Publishing
o Feinberg, Richard (1995), “Introduction: Politics of Culture in the Pacific Islands”,
Ethnology, 34 (2): 91-98
o Naupa, Anna (2017), “Indo-Pacific Diplomacy: A View from the Pacific Islands”,
Politics & Policy, 45 (5): 902-917
o Tarte, Sandra (2017), “The Changing Paradigm of Pacific Regional Politics”, The
Round Table, 106 (2): 135-142
o Norton, Robert (1993), “Culture and Identity in the South Pacific: A Comparative
Analysis”, Man 28 (4): 741-759
o Burley, David V (2013), “Fijian Polygenesis and the Melanesian/Polynesian Divide”,
Current Anthropology, 54 (4): 436-462
o Wardi, Semir Al (2009), “Twenty years of Politics in French Polynesia”, The Journal
of Pacific History, 44 (2): 195-208
o Poirine, Bernard and Moyrand, Alain (2001), “Insularity and Governance: the Case of
French Polynesia”, Public Organization Review, 1, pp.193-213
o Marsters, Evelyn (2016), “New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Free Association”,
Pacific Geographies, 46, pp.21-25
o Dorrance, John C (1989), “The Pacific Islands and US Security Interests: A New Era
Poses New Challenges”, Asian Survey, 29 (7): 698-715
o Firth, Stewart (1986), “The Nuclear Issue in the Pacific Islands”, The Journal of Pacific
History, 21 (4): 202-216
o Clark, Roger (1973), “The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: Some Perspective”,
The American Journal of International Law, 67 (5): 17-21
o Keitner, Chimene I and Reisman, W Michael (2003), “Free Association: The United
States Experience”, Texas International Law Journal, 39 (1): 1-63
o Lutz, Catherine (1986), “The Compact of Free Association, Micronesian Non-
Independence, and US Policy”, Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 18 (2): 21-27
o Friberg, Emil; Schaefer, Kendall, [Link]. (2006), “US Economic Assistance to Two
Micronesian Nations: Aid Impact, Dependency and Migration”, Asia Pacific
Viewpoint, 47 (1): 123-133
o Forsyth, Miranda (2010), “The Divorce or the Marriage of Morality and Law?: The
Defence of Necessity in Pacific Island Countries”, Criminal Law Forum, 21, pp.121-
157
o Lawsom, Stephanie (2017), “Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands Forum: A
Critical Review”, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 55 (2): 214-235
o Milne, R S (1975), “The Pacific Way – Consociational Politics in Fiji”, Pacific Affairs,
48 (3): 413-431
o Mamak, Alexander and Bedford, Richard (eds.) (1979), Race, Class and Rebellion in
the South Pacific, Sydney: Allen & Unwin
o Dickson, Bruce (ed.) (1984), Economic Relation in the Asia-Pacific Region,
Massachussets: Brookings Insitution
o Lawson, Stephanie (1996), Tradition Versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji,
Tonga and Western Samoa, New York: Cambridge University Press
o West, Francis James (1961), Political Advancement in the South Pacific, New York:
Oxford University Press
o Brookfield, H C (1983), Colonialism, Development and Independence: The Case of the
Melanesian Islands in the South Pacific, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
o Armitage, David and Bashford, Alison (eds.) (2014), Pacific Histories: Ocean, Land,
People, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan
o Dorrance, John C (1980), Oceania and the United States: An Analysis of US interests
and Policy in the South Pacific, Washington DC: National Defense University
o Stephen, John J (ed.) (1986), The Soviet-American Horizon on the Pacific, Honolulu:
University of Hawaii Press

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