{"product_id":"greed-and-grievance-matthew-g-allen-9780824838546","title":"Greed and Grievance: Ex-Militants' Perspectives on the Conflict in Solomon Islands, 1998-2003","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work offers important new perspectives on the violence and unrest that gripped Solomon Islands between late 1998 and mid-2003, a period known as the Ethnic Tension. Based on in-depth interviews and documents associated with the \"Tension Trials,\" it is the first detailed account of the conflict that engages directly with the voices of the men who joined the rival militant groups. These contemporary voices are presented against the backdrop of the socioeconomic and cultural history of Solomon Islands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe findings provide a refreshing corrective to the pervasive framing of the Isatabu uprising and the Malaitan response as essentially criminal and apolitical activities driven by the self-interest of those who participated in them. Alternative motives for the men who participated in the Solomons conflict are elucidated, foremost of which are their own conceptions of history and of the places of their respective peoples in the historical processes of colonization, development, and nation-building. Uneven development, relative deprivation and rapid socioeconomic and cultural change are highlighted as salient structural causes of the unrest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew G. Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0824838548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824838546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Matthew G. Allen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447797821695,"sku":"9780824838546","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c822cf6-7c1f-4b1e-b2fb-6f8d6309a97c.jpg?v=1777234883","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/greed-and-grievance-matthew-g-allen-9780824838546","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}