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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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Author:   R. Feinberg ,  K. A. Watson-Gegeo
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9780367716523

ISBN 10:   0367716526
Pages:   430
Publication Date:   31 March 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction - leadership and change in the Western Pacific; sanctity and power - Polynesian chieftainship revisited; authority and egalitarianism - discourses of leadership on Nukulaelae Atoll; a new king for Nanumanga - changing demands for leadership and authority in a Polynesian Atoll society; the absurd side of power in Samoa; the Bellonese - high, low and equal - leadership and change on a Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands; money, sovereignty and moral authority on Rotuma; who are the chiefs? chiefship in Lau, Eastern Fiji; leadership and Solomon Islanders' resistance to plantation-based political economy - roles and circumstances; priest and prince - integrating Kastom, Christianity and modernization in Kawra'ae leadership; identity crisis - changing images of chieftainship in Manam society; from possession to apotheosis - transformation and disguise in the leadership of a cargo movement; epilogue - old canvass, new leadership.

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