Before you go any further, Professor Clive Moore has published his 2003-2017 Solomon Islands research bibliography. It is an amazing tool if you want to know of available scholarly work on the country. Access it here or here.
Tony Hiriasia, is an excellent researcher from East ‘Are Are. He has a recent paper on voter behaviour which advances a different perspective from my own. I highly recommend it. You can find it here.
Web Resources
For a while the late John Roughan had an excellent blog containing his analysis of Solomon Islands life. You can read old blog posts here.
Harry Greenwell ran an excellent blog of the 2010 elections in Solomon Islands. You can read his old posts here.
Two excellent databases of global election results are the CLEA database and the Global Election Database.
It is not directly election related, but the university of Queensland has a very useful web page linking to resources relevant to people researching Solomon Islands. You can access it here. This site is run by Professor Clive more, Professor Moore also curates the Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopedia.
Also, not directly election related, but useful, is SPC’s Solomon Island stats page, which contains census reports and the like. The interactive stats map looks like it may be of particular use.
References
The list below is a list of relevant publications taken from the references from my PhD. It may not be comprehensive. Please feel free to suggest additional publications to me. You can find many of these publications by Googling for them. If you are a Solomon Islands researcher and are struggling to find a copy of the reference in question you are welcome to email me and I will suggest some ways you may be able to access the work. PLEASE NOTE: I am not updating this list. As a result it does not contain information produced after 2014.
Alasia, S. 2008. Rainbows Across Mountains. In: Dinnen, S. & Firth, S. (eds.) Politics and State-building in Solomon Islands. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press, 119-147.
Allen, M. 2007. Greed and grievance in the conflict in Solomon Islands, 1998-2003. Thesis Submitted for a Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University.
Allen, M. 2008. Politics of disorder: the social unrest in Honiara. In: Dinnen, S. & Firth, S. (eds.) Politics and State-building in Solomon Islands. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press, 39-63.
Allen, M. 2011. The Political Economy of Logging in Solomon Islands. In: Duncan, R. (ed.) The Political Economy of Economic Reform in the Pacific. Manila: Asian Development Bank, 265-288.
Allen, M., Dinnen, S., Evans, D. & Monson, R. 2013. Justice Delivered Locally: Systems, Challenges and Innovations in Solomon Islands. Justice for the Poor. Washington D.C.: The World Bank.
ANU Enterprise 2009. People’s Survey 2009, Canberra, ANU Enterprise.
ANU Enterprise 2010. People’s Survey 2010, Canberra, ANU Enterprise.
ANU Enterprise 2011. People’s Survey 2011, Canberra, ANU Enterprise.
Aqorau, T. 2008. Crisis in Solomon Islands: foraging for new directions. In: Dinnen, S. & Firth, S. (eds.) Politics and State-building in Solomon Islands. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press, 246-268.
Bennett, J. 1987. Wealth of the Solomons: a history of a Pacific archipelago, 1980-1978, Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press.
Bennett, J. 2000. Pacific Forest: a history of resource control and contest in Solomon Islands, c.1800-1997, Cambridge, The White Horse Press.
Billy, A. 2002. Fighting for a fair deal in national politics. Development Bulletin, 59, 58-61.
Bird, C. 2007. Blowing the Conch Shell: a baseline survey of churches’ engagement in service provision and governance in the Solomon Islands. Honiara: Solomon Islands Christian Association.
Bourke, R. M., McGregor, A., Allen, M. G., Evans, B. R., Mullen, B. F., Pollard, A. A., Wairiu, M. & Zotalis, S. 2006. Solomon Islands Smallholder Agriculture Study. Canberra: AusAID.
Braithwaite, J., Dinnen, S., Allen, M., Braithwaite, V. & Charlesworth, H. 2010. Pillars and Shadows: Statebuilding as Peacebuilding in Solomon Islands, Canberra, ANU E Press.
Brigg, M. 2009. Wantokism and state building in Solomon Islands: a response to Fukuyama. Pacific Economic Bulletin, Volume 24(3), 148-161.
Burt, B. 1994b. Tradition and Christianity: the colonial transformation of a Solomon Islands society, Chur, Harwood Academic Publishers.
Chick, J. 1979. Electoral Politics in the Solomon Islands. Pacific Perspectives, 8(2), 21-30.
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Evans, B. R. 2006. Literature Review: A Brief National Assessment of the Agricultural Sector. Solomon Islands Smallholder Agriculture Study. Canberra: AusAID.
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Hiriasia, Tony. 2016. Kin and Gifts: Understanding the Kin-based Politics of Solomon Islands — The Case of East ‘Are Are. SSGM Discussion Paper, 2016(4). Online here.
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