Beyond governance in Sāmoa: Understanding Samoan political thought

Contemporary Pacific

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 311-333

  Huffer, Elise ^a   So'o, Asofou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SAMOA   (Samoa)

Author keywords

Democracy; Fa'amatai; Fa'as moa; Governance; Philosophy; Political thought; S moa

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SAMOA; WORLD;

EID: 23344447083     PISSN: 1043898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cp.2005.0054     Document Type: Review

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