The End of War in Papua New Guinea: "Crime" and "Tribal Warfare" in Post-Colonial States

Authors

  • Paul Roscoe University of Maine

Keywords:

war, violence, crime, post-colonial states, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Abstract

The contemporary Pacific is a region of colonial and post-colonial states, the nature of which poses challenges to envisioning "the end of war." Although prevailing global discourses commonly equate post-colonial and nation states, differences in the evolutionary dynamics and histories of the two differ in ways that cast doubt on whether pre-colonial war ever really ended in many post-colonial polities and how easily it might be brought to an end. These issues are discussed with reference to "crime" and "tribal warfare" in contemporary Papua New Guinea.

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Published

2014-11-30

How to Cite

Roscoe, P. (2014). The End of War in Papua New Guinea: "Crime" and "Tribal Warfare" in Post-Colonial States. Anthropologica, 56(2), 327–339. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/548

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 2 (2014): Ending War and Sustaining Peace in Pacific Societies

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Copyright (c) 2014 Paul Roscoe

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