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Full-Text Articles in Polynesian Studies
Taking Over What Belongs To God: The Historical Ecology Of Tonga Since European Contact, Charles J. Stevens
Taking Over What Belongs To God: The Historical Ecology Of Tonga Since European Contact, Charles J. Stevens
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Is Tonga's Mirab Economy Sustainable? A View From The Village And A View Without It, Mike Evans
Is Tonga's Mirab Economy Sustainable? A View From The Village And A View Without It, Mike Evans
Pacific Studies
The development implications of the now-classic MIRAB economic pattern for South Pacific microstates (with economies dominated by overseas remittances and foreign aid) have attracted considerable attention. Some scholars argue the MIRAB pattern is well entrenched and can be sustained with a minimum of undesirable social and economic outcomes. Others decry the acceptance of the dependency of South Pacific nations and argue for renewed effort toward the development of self-sustaining economies. I argue that the debate must directly address the underlying social relations that facilitate and shape migration and remittances. In Tonga, the movement of people from rural areas has wide-ranging …
Contributors: Vol 22 No. 2, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Contributors: Vol 22 No. 2, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Contributors list of Vol. 22 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue 2
Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Book Listing for the Vol 22, No 2 Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal
Globalization, Stateless Capitalism, And The International Political Economy Of Tonga’S Satellite Venture, Anthony Van Fossen
Globalization, Stateless Capitalism, And The International Political Economy Of Tonga’S Satellite Venture, Anthony Van Fossen
Pacific Studies
Globalization has led some Pacific Islands countries into ventures that use their sovereignty to advance private interests against regulation by metropolitan states. Tongasat, Tonga’s innovative satellite enterprise, is one such recent initiative in “stateless” capitalism that has deep structural similarities with flags of convenience and offshore tax havens. The microstate has claimed a disproportionate percentage of geostationary slots and succeeded in filling a number of them. Tongasat’s emergence is analyzed in terms of the contemporary world-system, declining U.S. hegemony over the global satellite regime (creating opportunities for independent entrepreneurs), and the end of the cold war (making inexpensive Russian satellites …
Vol. 22 No. 2 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Vol. 22 No. 2 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies
Pacific Studies
Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …
Leaders In Squash Export: Entrepreneurship And The Introduction Of A New Cash Crop In Tonga, Paul Van Der Grijp
Leaders In Squash Export: Entrepreneurship And The Introduction Of A New Cash Crop In Tonga, Paul Van Der Grijp
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Effeminate Males And Changes In The Construction Of Gender In Tonga, Kerry E. James
Effeminate Males And Changes In The Construction Of Gender In Tonga, Kerry E. James
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Predicaments In Polynesia: Culture And Constitutions In Western Samoa And Tonga, Rodney C. Hills
Predicaments In Polynesia: Culture And Constitutions In Western Samoa And Tonga, Rodney C. Hills
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
A Historical Perspective On Aid And Dependency: The Example Of Tonga, I. C. Campbell
A Historical Perspective On Aid And Dependency: The Example Of Tonga, I. C. Campbell
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
To Beat Or Not To Beat, That Is The Question: A Study On Acculturation And Change In An Art-Making Process And Its Relation To Gender Structures, Jehanne H. Teilhet-Fisk
To Beat Or Not To Beat, That Is The Question: A Study On Acculturation And Change In An Art-Making Process And Its Relation To Gender Structures, Jehanne H. Teilhet-Fisk
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Wendy E. Cowling's Review Of Caroline Ralston And Nicholas Thomas's Sanctity And Power: Gender In Polynesian History, Wendy E. Cowling
Wendy E. Cowling's Review Of Caroline Ralston And Nicholas Thomas's Sanctity And Power: Gender In Polynesian History, Wendy E. Cowling
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Phyllis S. Herda's Review Of Edwin N. Ferdon's Early Tonga: As The Explorers Saw It, 1616-1810, Phyllis S. Herda
Phyllis S. Herda's Review Of Edwin N. Ferdon's Early Tonga: As The Explorers Saw It, 1616-1810, Phyllis S. Herda
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
William E. H. Tagupa's Review Of Ahmed Ali, Ron Crocombe, And Ronald Gordon's Politics In Polynesia, William E. H. Tagupa
William E. H. Tagupa's Review Of Ahmed Ali, Ron Crocombe, And Ronald Gordon's Politics In Polynesia, William E. H. Tagupa
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.