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Is there a Tongan middle class?: hierarchy and protest in contemporary Tonga
contemporary Pacific • 15 (2) • Published In 2003 • Pages: 309-336
By: James, Kerry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article James argues against the presence of class consciousness and identity in Tonga. He focuses on a general strike by nurses in the nation's capital and argues that although having the appearance of acting on their class-based interests, the nurses were in fact acting on grounds of moral outrage in regard to nonfulfillment of government obligations. According to James there still is no middle class in Tonga, because professionals are still immersed in the ideology and relationships of a traditional hierarchical system.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Occupational specialization
- Political behavior
- Classes
- Political movements
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1992-1993
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970-2001
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kerry James
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-336)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89646841
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans