Abstract
Contributors 1. Introduction: Chiefs today Lamont Lindstrom and Geoffrey M. White 2. The persistence of Chiefly authority in Western Samoa Cluny Macpherson 3. Rank and leadership in Tonga Kerry James 4. The kingly - populist divergence in Tongan and Western Samoan Chiefly systems Robert W. Franco 5. The reemergence of Maori Chiefs: 'devolution' as a strategy to maintain tribal authority Toon van Meijl 6. Chiefs, politics, and the power of tradition in contemporary Fiji Stephanie Lawson 7. Ritual status and power politics in modern rotuma Alan Howard and Jan Rensel 8. Traditional leaders today in the federated states of micronesia Eve C. Pinsker 9. A micronesian chamber of Chiefs? The 1990 federated states of micornesia constitutional convention Glenn Petersen 10. Irooj Ro Ad: measures of Chiefly ideology and practice in the Marshall Isalnds Laurence M. Carucci 11. Chiefs in Vanuatu today Lamont Lindstrom 12. The discourse of Chiefs: notes on a Melanesian society Geoffrey M. White 13. Tuesday's Chiefs revisited Roger M. Keesing 14. Constructing and contesting Chiefly authority in contemporary Tana Toraja, Indonesia Kathleen M. Adams 15. Conclusions: Chiefs and states today Peter Larmour Notes Bibliography Index.
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