CONFLICT, MORALITY AND POWER IN A WESTERN CAROLINE SOCIETY
which confirmed much that the inhabitants had told me about political power in their society. I recount that meeting here for three reasons. First, 1 want to substantiate my informants ' statements and to illustrate the kind of event which can lead an observer (and probably also his informants)...
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| Summary: | which confirmed much that the inhabitants had told me about political power in their society. I recount that meeting here for three reasons. First, 1 want to substantiate my informants ' statements and to illustrate the kind of event which can lead an observer (and probably also his informants) to create social generalisations. Second, I want to discuss the persistence of certain aspects of Tobian political culture, a persistence which was much in evidence in the meeting. And third, I want to use the meeting to make some general comments about the uses of leadership in small, conflict-ridden societies. In order to accomplish these purposes I shall need to discuss several features of Tobian political culture, especial-ly the relationship betwecn the traditional chief and the elected, Western-style magistrate. Two interesting characteristics of traditional chiefs have been reported for the low island societies in the Truk culture area of which Tobi is one. The occupants of such statuses are said to exercise their power very |
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