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Jon Fraenkel

Jon Fraenkel is a Professor in Comparative Politics in the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington. He formerly worked at the Australian National University (2007-12) and the University of the South Pacific in Fiji (1995-2007). He is author of The Manipulation of Custom; from uprising to intervention in the Solomon Islands and co-editor of The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji; A coup to end all coups? He is the Pacific Islands correspondent for The Economist.

Articles by Jon Fraenkel (4)

Jon Fraenkel, Anthony Tutugoro 15 Jul 2020

Another independence referendum looms in New Caledonia

The Covid-19 crisis has been a major controversy, but almost every issue is divided on pro- and anti-independence lines.
Jon Fraenkel 14 Aug 2019

The state of the Pacific as the 2019 Forum convenes

This year’s gathering will hear new, old, and recycled ideas, but the ones that make a difference may not make the news.
Jon Fraenkel, Katharine Woolrych 1 Aug 2018

NZ and Australia: Big Brothers or Distant Cousins?

New Zealand needs to stamp an identity on its new Pacific policy.
Jon Fraenkel 14 Nov 2016

The death of the median voter

When elections or referenda are decided by the emergence of those who do not habitually vote, many of the assumptions of the median voter theory go out of the window.

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Jon Fraenkel

Articles by Jon Fraenkel (4)

Another independence referendum looms in New Caledonia

The state of the Pacific as the 2019 Forum convenes

NZ and Australia: Big Brothers or Distant Cousins?

The death of the median voter