Leadership and change in the Western Pacific

essays presented to Sir Raymond Firth on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday

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Leadership and change in the Western Pacific

essays presented to Sir Raymond Firth on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday

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An ethnographic exploration of the rise of new forms of leadership at community and national levels with islanders are synthesising traditional and Western models.

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Publisher
Routledge
Language
English
Pages
440

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Table of Contents

Introduction : leadership and change in the Western Pacific -- Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo and Richard Feinberg
Sanctity and power on Anuta : Polynesian chieftainship revisited -- Richard Feinberg
Authority and egalitarianism : discourses of leadership on Nukulaelae Atoll -- Niko Besnier
A new king for Nanumaga : changing demands for leadership and authority in a Polynesian Atoll society -- Barbara Lüem
The absurd side of power in Samoa -- Bradd Shore
The Bellonese : high, low -- and equal : leadership and change on a Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands -- Torben Monberg
Money, sovereignty and moral authority on Rotuma -- Alan Howard
Who are the chiefs? : chiefship in Lau, Eastern Fiji -- Steven Hooper
Leadership and Solomon Islanders' resistance to plantation-based political economy : roles and circumstances -- Stephen Boggs and David W. Gegeo
Priest and prince : integrating Kastom, Christianity and modernization in Kwara'ae leadership -- David W. Gegeo and Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo
'Identity crisis' : changing images of chieftainship in Manam society -- Nancy Christine Lutkehaus
From possession to apotheosis : transformation and disguise in the leadership of a cargo movement -- Harvey Whitehouse
Epilogue : old canvas, new leadership -- William A. Shack.

Edition Notes

Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).

K.A. Watson-Gregeo (Edited by) , R. Feinberg (Edited by)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.2/0996
Library of Congress
GN670

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 online resource (440 pages)
Number of pages
440

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44034878M
ISBN 10
1000323552, 1003135420, 1000325326, 1000321843
ISBN 13
9781000323559, 9781003135425, 9781000325324, 9781000321845
OCLC/WorldCat
1238642512

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