2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An Anthropological Study of the Traditional Political System and Democracy in Oceania.
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20520707
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology/Folklore
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
SUDO Kenichi Kobe University, 館長 (10110082)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | トンガ王国 / ヴァヌアツ共和国 / ソロモン諸島 / 多民族国家 / 政治改革 / 地方分権 / 連邦制 / 首長権力の温存 / キリスト教 / 伝統権力と接合する民主主義 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aims to clarify the relationship between traditional polity and democracy after independence in micro-states, The Kingdom of Tonga, Fiji Islands, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. Although democracy movement and coups d'etat to reform political system happened in Tonga and Fiji, the results of such movement have not effected the traditional systems. In Vanuatu and Solomon, the power politics of central government and local chieftainship is a big issue. Vanuatu government has transferred the responsibility of local governance to local chiefs, in Solomon Islands the polity of federal states is discussing in the Congress.
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