The Contemporary Pacific covers a wide range of disciplines with the aim of providing comprehensive coverage of contemporary developments in the entire Pacific Islands region and the global Pacific diaspora. It features refereed, readable articles that examine social, economic, political, ecological, literary, and cultural topics, along with political reviews, book and media reviews, resource reviews, and a dialogue section with interviews and short essays. Each issue highlights the work of one or more Pacific Islander artists.
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Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4
Sociology and Political ScienceQ4
Subject Classification
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Area Studies
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Sociology and Political ScienceGeography, Planning and Development
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Island Studies and Pacific AffairsPacific and Southeast Asian StudiesClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationAsian American and Pacific HistoriesIndigenous Health, Education, and RightsNew Zealand Economic and Social StudiesNew Caledonia Indigenous StudiesIndigenous Studies and EcologyAnthropological Studies and InsightsAustralian History and Society