Intervention and state-building in the Pacific

 This book contains the first study of state-building intervention in the so-called 'Pacific arc of crisis', stretching from Aceh, through Timor, Ambon, Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea to the Solomon Islands and Fiji. It is therefore a welcome addition to studies of this important issue in other parts of the world, such as the Middle East, Africa and Europe.This book: explores an issue which is at the top of the Pacific agenda - how the international community can best assist in building political communities that are seen as legitimate by those living within these post-colonial states; contributes to the more general debate on establishing the legitimacy of state-building intervention, by critically evaluating a new model of intervention that has emerged in the Pacific since 2003; and examines the emerging issue of co-operative intervention, where the intervening mission is not a United Nations temporary administration but a shadow government.