Abstract
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Chapter 1: Framing the Research
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Literature Review
1.3. Overview of Chapters
2. Chapter 2: Te Tangata, Te Tangata, Te Tangata
2.1. The Cook Islands
2.2. Fieldwork and Methods
2.3. Cook Islanders in New Zealand
2.4. Reasons for, and Consequences of, Outmigration
2.5. Cook Islanders in Australia
2.6. Conclusions
3. Chapter 3: Sovereignty
3.1. Introduction
3.2. A First Step: What is Nation-State Sovereignty?
3.3. The Emotional Component of Sovereignty
3.4. Fault Lines: the Growing Pains of Nation-Building
3.5. Articulations of Emotional Sovereignty
3.6. Many Voices, One Sovereignty
3.7. “When the All Blacks win, we’re all Kiwis”: One Sovereignty, Multiple Allegiances
3.8. Hinges
3.9. The Functional/Instrumental Side of Sovereignty
3.10. Sovereignty as Interface Mechanism
3.11. The Visible Doorway: Customs and Immigration
3.12. Tourism: the Core of the Cook Islands Economy
3.13. National Dreams and the Regulation of Off-Shore Banking and Related Industries
3.14. Looking Toward the Future: Seabed Mining
3.15. Interface Mechanism: a Few Final Examples
3.16. Sovereignty as Value-Maximization Mechanism
3.17. Land Tenure Rules: State Regulation in Support of Cultural Norms
3.18. Tourism: A Delicate Balance
3.19. Symbiosis
3.20. Conclusions
3.21. Intersections
4. Chapter 4: Globalization
4.1. Introduction
4.2. A Definition and a Mode of Analysis
4.3. The Nation-State
4.4. The Obligatory Form of the State
4.5. The Function of the State
4.6. The Movement of People
4.7. The Outward Movement of Cook Islanders
4.8. Movement to the Cook Islands
4.9. The Movement of Goods and Capital
4.10. The Individual
4.11. The Ingested, Embodiment of Globalization
4.12. The Integrated Presence and Use of Globalized, Co-Produced Products
4.13. The Individual’s Sense of a Globalized Self; the Simultaneity of Globalization
4.14. Tying Together the Above Three Elements of Globalization in Three Simple Letters: KFC
4.15. Conclusions
5. Chapter 5: Sovereignty, Globalization, Law, and Capital
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Contemporary Globalization has been Made Possible by: Fungibility
5.3. Capital
5.4. Law
5.5. Social Fungibility
5.6. The Generating Force Driving Globalization: Global Co-Production (and Global Co-Consumption)
5.7. Structural Machinery: the Central Role of the Nation-State in Maintaining Globalization
5.8. Cultural Differences Remain Essential: One Globalization, Multiple Capitalisms
5.9. Sovereignty in the Global Age: the Pukapukan Experience
5.10. Additional Comments
5.11. First . a Sports Analogy
5.12. Conclusion
6. Chapter 6: Conclusion
6.1. Chapter Overview
6.2. Summaries and Discussion
6.3. Practical Value and Areas for Further Inquiry
6.4. A Few Further Comments on the Law
6.5. A Few Further Comments on Anthropology
6.6. Gratitude, Well-Wishes, and a Lingering Refrain
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