Contents

Climate change adaptation programmes on water security in the Pacific: A focus on the Solomon Islands
(pp. 1-17)

Noella Dorevella
The University of the South Pacific

Hilda Waqa Sakiti
The University of the South Pacific

Tammy Tabe
The University of the South Pacific

Breaking the paradigm(s): A review of the three waves of international relations small state literature
(pp. 18-32)

Jeffrey Willis
Independent Researcher

Big Men, wantoks and donors: A political sociology review of public service reform in the Solomon Islands 
(pp. 33-48)

Jerry B. Siota
University of the South Pacific

Paul J. Carnegie
Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Matthew G. Allen
University of the South Pacifc

Music between the volcanoes’: Notes on developing a collaborative local performance history of a colonial port town in the South Pacific
(pp. 49-60)

Michael Webb
The University of Sydney

Steven Gagau
The University of Sydney

Methodology marriage: Merging Western and Pacific research design 
(pp. 61-73)

Dion Enari
Bond University

Decolonising quantitative methods within a Pacific research space to explore cognitive effects following kava use
(pp. 74-92)

S. Apo Aporosa
University of Waikato

Martin Atkins
University of Waikato

Jessica N. Leov
University of Waikato

The pathway to leadership is through service: Exploring the Samoan tautua lifecycle
(pp. 93-100)

Aiono Manu Fa’aea
Manukau Institute of Technology

Dion Enari
Bond University