Download or read book Land Tenure in Oceania written by Henry Peder Lundsgaarde and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussions of land tenure in social anthropology have usually been deeply embedded in broader empirical and theoretical explanations of social, economic, legal, and political institutions. In this volume the editors have sought to correct the emphasis of previous studies by focusing our attention directly on land tenure in Oceania, without, it must be added, losing sight of the connections between land tenure principles and general social structure. The editors have deliberately looked for similarities by analyzing each tenure system from the same analytical and conceptual perspective. Chapters 1 and 9 specifically discuss the methodological and theoretical framework that evolved in the course of analyzing the seven tenure systems described in chapters 2 through 8. The difficulties and problems encountered by the contributors in presenting their data in comparable form is reflected by the more than three years of analysis, writing, editing, and rewriting necessary to complete this volume. The seven substantive ethnographic chapters illustrate the range and diversity in the land tenure practices which are found within the vast culture area of Oceania. The similarities in basic tenure principles between all seven systems seem all the more remarkable in light of the varied geographical and cultural settings of the seven societies. In all of these societies we find a complete absence of fee simple ownership and a corresponding presence of entailed family estates. The ethnography reveals tenure principles that detail an impressive number and variety of separate categories of property. Each category, in turn, includes an even greater number of rights and duties that symbolize different forms of proprietorship. The differential allocation of these rights and duties among persons and groups represents the exact point of connection between land tenure and social structure. For example, kinship principles that specify the distribution of authority within age, sex, descent, and status categories converge on such tenure principles as land use, land distribution, succession, and inheritance. Principles of political organization concerning the relative scaling of authority and power within the society have clear parallels in the land tenure system, where corporate and individual tenure privileges are differentiated. Economic principles subtly merge with land tenure principles in social domains, where land as a resource and land as a value intersect.

Download or read book Land Custom and Practice in the South Pacific written by R. Gerard Ward and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-10-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land tenure arrangements are intimately linked with the organization of society, the economy, political structures and geography. In the South Pacific Islands the majority of land is held by community groups under 'customary' or 'traditional' forms of tenure. This book argues that land formerly held in common is now often controlled and used exclusively by individuals or nuclear families - it is being privatized. Detailed case studies demonstrate these trends in Western Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Fiji. Parallels are noted from Asia, Europe and Africa, where comparable forces of commercialization, individualization and socio-political change have brought comparable results. The denial of these trends by policy makers in the region reflects an interest in maintaining the image of traditionalism and its associated status and power. The divergence between rhetoric and reality creates dilemmas for many Pacific Islanders and their leaders.

Download or read book Bibliography on Land Tenure in Asia the Far East and Oceania written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land Tenure and Agrarian Reform Branch and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land Tenure in the Pacific written by R. G. Crocombe and published by Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes - Ecology, spacing mechanisms and adaptive behaviour in Aboriginal land tenure, by Joseph B. Birdsell, catalogued separately.

Download or read book Land Rights of Pacific Women written by University of the South Pacific. Institute of Pacific Studies and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 1986 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Women's role in land matters was generally second to that of their menfolk - even in traditionally matrilineal societies. Christianity, commerce and centralized governmment led to some changes and further adaptation is in progress. This book of studies by women from two Melanesia societies (Fiji and Vanuatu) and three Polynesian (Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands) is the first to focus on this topic of growing importance to Pacific women."--Back cover.

Download or read book Improving Land Tenure written by R. G. Crocombe and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land Tenure in the Atolls written by R. G. Crocombe and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Governance of Common Property in the Pacific Region written by Peter Larmour and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With the inevitable lessening of the importance of traditional forms of management of land and water resources in Pacific island countries accompanying the development of the state and the internationalisation of these economies, common property problems have arisen in many natural resource areas. 'This publication covers many of the problem areas which have arisen and discusses various approaches to better management"--Foreword.

Download or read book Land Tenure in the Pacific written by R. G. Crocombe and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 1987 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land Tenure Agricultural Economics and Rural Development Asia Europe Latin America and the Caribbean Middle East North America Oceania written by University of Wisconsin--Madison. Land Tenure Center. Library and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improving Land Tenure written by R. G. Crocombe and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Customary marine tenure in Australia written by Nicolas Peterson and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Australians are familiar with the concept of land ownership and understand the meaning of native title, which recognises Indigenous peoples' rights to land to which they are spiritually or culturally connected. The ownership of areas of sea and its resources is often overlooked however, despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander connections with the sea being just as important as those with the land. The papers in this volume demonstrate how the concept of customary marine tenure has developed in various communities and look at some of its implications. Originating in a session of papers at a conference in 1996, the papers in this volume were originally published as Oceania Monograph 48 in 1998.

Download or read book Aid and Pacific Island Development Within the Framework of Customary Land Tenure written by Pa'o Luteru and published by . This book was released on 1990* with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Land Tenure of Fiji written by T. H. Prichard and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Land Tenure Of Fiji: An Enquiry Into The Correct Basis Of Native Titles To Land In Fiji, And An Examination Of The Basis On Which European Claims To Land In Fiji Have Been Dealt With By Sir Arthur Gordon And His Successor. Being A Series Of Articles, Reprinted From The Fiji Times, And ... T. H. Prichard, Planters' Association of Fiji G.L. Griffiths, 1882 History; Oceania; History / Oceania; Land tenure

Download or read book Customary Land Tenure and Registration in Australia and Papua New Guinea written by James F. Weiner and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main theme of this volume is a discussion of the ways in which legal mechanisms, such as the Land Groups Incorporation Act (1974) in PNG, and the Native Title Act (1993) in Australia, do not, as they purport, serve merely to identify and register already-existing customary indigenous landowning groups in these countries. Because the legislation is an integral part of the way in which indigenous people are defined and managed in relation to the State, it serves to elicit particular responses in landowner organisation and self-identification on the part of indigenous people. These pieces of legislation actively contour the progressive evolution of landowner social, territorial and political organisation at all levels in these nation states. The contributors to this volume provide in-depth anthropological case studies of social structural and cultural transformations engendered by the confrontation between states, developers and indigenous communities over rights to customarily owned land.

Download or read book Land Tenure Patterns written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land Tenure and Rural Productivity in the Pacific Islands written by Ben Acquaye and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: