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Accounting for change: bringing interdependence into defining sustainability
Pacific studies • 22 (3-4) • Published In 1999 • Pages: 81-107
By: Nero, Karen L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article shows that international development agencies currently intervening in the restructuring of the Marshal Islands economy have continued to define the term 'sustainability' in ways that undermine the resilience of local economic strategies. It argues that such a definition fails to capture the full nature of the ongoing Marshallese economy by focusing too narrowly on transfers related to the Island's political relations with the United States of America.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External relations
- Research and development
- Diet
- Fishing
- External trade
- Production and supply
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural identity and pride
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Environmental quality
- Gift giving
- Composition of population
- Real property
- Settlement patterns
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Marshallese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1996-1997
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1940-1999
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Marshalls Island
- NotesAdditional notes
- Karen L. Nero
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-107)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84643929
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Marshallese