The name must not go down : political competition and state-society relations in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea / Joseph Ketan
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Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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MAIN LIBRARY Noumea | 306.2099565 KET 2004 | Available | 30317 |
This book analyses how and why people in Mount Hagen have incorporated the state into their local megacycle. By analysing political competition at the local level where such nationally prominent leaders as Paias Wingti, Robert Lak, Michael Mel, and Paul Pora operate, this study facilitates understanding the behaviour of politicians who interact within and between two separate moral realms. It analyses how and why people in Hagen compete for prestige, power and influence through ceremonial exchange, group warfare, and compensation payment, elections, and business and enterprise.
Includes index and Bibliography: p. [394]-411.