Culture and sustainable development in the Pacific -- The ocean in us -- On the anthropology of modernity; or, some triumphs of culture over despondency theory -- Gender, culture and sustainable development--the Pacific Way -- Governance, development and leadership in Polynesia: a microstudy from Samoa -- Rumble in the jungle: land, culture and (un)sustainable logging in Solomon Islands -- Knowing about culture: the handling of social issues at resource projects in Papua New Guinea -- Culture and sustainable marine resource development in the Pacific -- Fisheries resource-use culture in Fiji and its implications -- Local hierarchies of authority and development -- A paradox of tradition in a modernising society: chiefs and political development in Fiji -- Development and Maori society: building from the centre or the edge? -- Culturally and ecologically sustainable tourism development through local community management -- Tourism and culture: a sustainable partnership -- Vaka Moana--a road map for the South Pacific economy -- Vaka Moana--the ocean roads -- Afterword: after the World Decade
Summary
Sustainable development; Social life; Customs; Civilazation; Pacific area
