Languages of Governance in Conflict Negotiating Democracy in Tokelau |
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| Author:
| Hoëm, Ingjerd |
| Series title: | Culture and Language Use Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-272-6892-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2015 |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $143.00 |
Book Description:
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Through an ethnographically based study of local communicative practices in the Pacific atoll society of Tokelau, the book adds to our understanding of how systems of governance are constituted by minute acts of social interaction, and are informed by our conceptions of the nature of sociality.
Through an ethnographically based study of local communicative practices in the Pacific atoll society of Tokelau, the book adds to our understanding of how systems of governance are constituted by minute acts of social interaction, and are informed by our conceptions of the nature of sociality.