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Turbulence and Reform in Papua New Guinea

Ronald James May

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Abstract

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the few postcolonial states that has managed to maintain an unbroken record of democratic government since independence. Parliamentary elections have gone forward regularly and on schedule up to and including the most recent polling, which was held in June 2002, 27 years after PNG went peacefully from Australian colonial administration to sovereign statehood.

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Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the few postcolonial states that has managed to maintain an unbroken record of democratic government since independence. Parliamentary elections have gone forward regularly and on schedule up to and including the most recent polling, which was held in June 2002, 27 years after PNG went peacefully from Australian colonial administration to sovereign statehood.

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Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the few postcolonial states that has managed to maintain an unbroken record of democratic government since independence. Parliamentary elections have gone forward regularly and on schedule up to and including the most recent polling, which was held in June 2002, 27 years after PNG went peacefully from Australian colonial administration to sovereign statehood.

Key concepts: New guinea, Independence (probability theory), Government (linguistics), Administration (probate law), Political science, Sovereignty, Democracy, Polling

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