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Author Maiava, Susan L

Title A Clash of Paradigms : Response and Development in the South Pacific
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (279 pages)
Series Routledge Revivals Ser
Routledge Revivals Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Plates; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Glossary of Samoan Words and Phrases; 1 Introduction; 2 Establishing the Theoretical Context; Modernisation; The Beginning of an Anti-Thesis: Liberal Modernisation; The Third Paradigm; People-Centred Development; Populism: Spontaneous Development; The Third Paradigm: An Appraisal; Post-Modernism; A Theory of Development for the Pacific: MlRAB; The Return of Modernisation: Neo-Iiberalism
3 Development in Practice: Development ProjectsThe Development Project; The Project Cycle; Planning for People-Centred Development; Development as Cultural Interaction; 4 Samoa, Cattle and Development: Cross-Cultural Interpretations; Culture as Constraint: Interpretations of the Role of Samoan Culture in Development; Interpretations of the Role of Samoan Culture in Development of the Smallholder Cattle Sector; Culture as Motivation: The Emergence of an Anti-Thesis; 5 Understanding Samoan Culture; The Meaning of Culture; The Importance of Family; Rank, Status and Social Change
Competition, Co-operation, Community and ContradictionsEconomic Values: Work, Income and Money; Distribution, Exchange and Obligation; Fa'alavelave; Conclusion; 6 Cattle in Samoan Culture: Fa'alavelave; The Research: Asking the Right Questions; In the Field; A Case Study of a Funeral; A Survey of Fa'alavelave; Farmers' Thinking About Cattle in Fa'alavelave; The Importance, Usefulness and Meaning of Contributing Cattle to Fa'alavelave; The Social Context ofContributing Cattle to Fa'alavelave: Obligation, Motivation, Ambivalence and Change; Conclusion
7 Cattle in Samoan Society and Livelihood Systems: Farmers' Experience with CattleThe Experience of One Village; Cattle and Samoan Society; Cattle, Land Tenure and Social Change; Cattle in the Rural Livelihood System; Technical Issues and Farmer Innovation; Conclusion; 8 The Success of Cattle Projects in Samoa: An Historical Perspective; Introduction; The History of Cattle and Cattle Projects in Samoa; The Pioneer Phase; The Rapid Expansion Phase; Disillusionment; The Turnaround; The National Herd; Success in the Smallholder Sector; Success Found in This Research; Other Measures of Success
Explaining the TurnaroundConclusion; 9 Exploding the Myths; Revisiting the Assumptions About Farmer Behaviour; Exposing the Myths; 10 Conclusion; Locating this Research in Cattle Projects in Samoa and the Pacific; The Findings of This Research; Accounting for These Observations in Theory; From Theory to Experience: What Really Happened; A New Theory?; Populism and Fundamental Needs; Conclusion: Asking the Right Questions; Appendix 1: The Survey of Smallholder Cattle Fanners; Appendix 2: Map of Samoa; Bibliography; Index
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Subject Agricultural development projects-Samoa
Agriculture and state-Samoa
Cattle-Samoa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351790956
1351790951