"The most comprehensive study of regional politics in Oceania produced to date. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary sources and providing a systematic account of major issues facing the region, this book will appeal to anyone engaged in any aspect of regional studies in Oceania and beyond"--

Stephanie Lawson is Honorary Professor of Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University, Honorary Professor in the Department of Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University, and Senior Research Associate in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg. She is a past president of the Australian Political Studies Association, a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and the current president of the Pacific Islands Political Studies Association. Her first book, The Failure of Democratic Politics in Fiji (1991) won the Australian Political Studies Association's Crisp Medal.

1. Oceania and the study of regions; 2. Demarcating Oceania; 3. Colonizing Oceania; 4. Regionalizing Oceania; 5. Transformations in regional organization; 6. Regionalism the 'Pacific way'; 7. The politics of subregional identity; 8. The Forum in regional politics; 9. Democracy and culture in regional politics; 10. The spectre of regional intervention; 11. The political economy of regionalism; 12. Geopolitics in the Pacific century; 13. Conclusion.