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Culture And Sustainable Development In The Pacific
Paperback Edition: 1
Throughout the South Pacific, notions of culture and development are very much alivein political debate, the media, sermons, and endless discussions amongst villagers and the urban lites, even in policy reports.
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Often the terms are counterposed, and development along with economic rationality, good governance and progress
is set against culture or custom, tradition and identity. The decay of custom and impoverishment of culture are often seen as wrought by development, while failures of development are haunted by the notion that they are due, somehow, to the darker, irrational influences of culture. The problem is to resolve the contradictions between them so as to achieve the greater goodaccess to material goods, welfare and amenities, modern lifewithout the sacrifice of the traditional values and institutions that provide material security and sustain diverse social identities. Resolution is sought in this book by a number of leading writers from the South Pacific including Langi Kavaliku, Epeli Hauofa, Marshall Sahlins, Malama Meleisea, Joeli Veitayaki, and Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka. The volume is brought together for UNESCO by Antony Hooper, Professor Emeritus at the University of Auckland. UNESCO experts include Richard Engelhardt, Langi Kavaliku, Russell Marshall, Malama Meleisea, Edna Tait and Mali Voi.
Publisher : ANU Press
Publication date : 2005-04-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Pasifika, Pacific History