Under the Ivi Tree : Society and economic growth in rural Fiji

ISBN-13: 9780415330510 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 336 str.

Cyril S. Belshaw

Opis

This study concerns the differentials of economic growth among the Fijian people. It brings together relevant factors drawn from social, cultural, economic and political analysis.

Spis treści

Part 1: Prolegomena1. The Fijian Way of Life: A Romance2. A View of Fiji and the Sigatoka Region3. The Village and Social StructurePart 2: Enterprice Emergent4. The Nadroga Banana Venture5. Bureaucracy Guides Enterprise6. Fijian Corporate Organization7. Sugar: Company Paternalism8. Experiments of the Fijian Farmer9. Market MiddlemenPart 3: Factors of Growth and Stasis10. Conservatism or Change:11. The Preference for Leisure12. The Ambiguity of Communalism13. The Role of Ceremonial14. Belief and the Spirit of Enterprise15. The Supply of Labour16. Manipulation of Land17. Capital and the Supply of Credit18. Fijian Bureaucracy19. Social Services and the Church20. Communication, Verbal and PhysicalPart 4: Conclusion21. Under the Ive TreeAppendices1. The Constitution of the 'Vunamoli Association'2. Copy of Komave Society Accounts3. Work Diary of Aloysius Ravuame Moko4. Sales of Produce to Roadside Middlemen5. Purchases by Roadside Middlemen6. Discrepancies and Adjustments in Land Status and Registration7. Cash and Kind in Agricultural Planting8. Note on Tobacco Production9. The Fijian Establishment

O autorze

Cyril S. Belshaw