Mixing metaphors : differences in the language and understanding of development policy in the Pacific Islands Wallace, Heather 2009, Mixing metaphors : differences in the language and understanding of development policy in the Pacific Islands, Development (Basingstoke), vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 529-530, doi: 10.1057/dev.2009.73. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Mixing metaphors : differences in the language and understanding of development policy in the Pacific Islands Author(s) Wallace, Heather Journal name Development (Basingstoke) Volume number 52 Issue number 4 Start page 529 End page 530 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Place of publication Basingstoke, England Publication date 2009-12 ISSN 1011-6370 1461-7072 Keyword(s) Australia containment framing smallness indigenous peoples Summary The use of metaphors in the Pacific Islands reveal a discourse of representation and containment, which emphasizes ‘smallness’ in geographic, political and cultural aspects of development. Heather Wallace contrasts the language and strategies used by policymakers, particularly from Australia, to the understanding and knowledge of Pacific Islanders. Language eng DOI 10.1057/dev.2009.73 Field of Research 160607 International Relations 200103 International and Development Communication HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2009, Society for International Development Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30024920 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of International and Political Studies Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 05 Mar 2010, 14:35:30 EST Wed, 24 Mar 2010, 09:04:25 EST Wed, 24 Mar 2010, 09:06:43 EST Thu, 15 Apr 2010, 16:33:11 EST Thu, 15 Apr 2010, 16:34:27 EST Fri, 16 Apr 2010, 14:22:17 EST Mon, 19 Apr 2010, 11:08:57 EST Mon, 19 Apr 2010, 11:11:58 EST Fri, 09 Mar 2012, 10:54:30 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 14:47:14 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:31:22 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 5 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 427 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 05 Mar 2010, 14:35:22 EST