TY - BOOK AU - Huffer,Elise AU - Soʻo,Asofou ED - University of the South Pacific. TI - Governance in Samoa =: pulega i Samoa SN - 0731536517 U1 - 320.99614 22 PY - 2000/// CY - Canberra, Suva, Fiji PB - Asia Pacific Press, Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific KW - Civil society KW - Samoa KW - Non-governmental organizations KW - Central-local government relations KW - Political participation KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Codes of governance in the Pacific -- Where theory meets practice : the limits of the good -- Pule'aga : views of governance in Samoa -- The good governance agenda for civil society : implications for the fa'aSamoa -- Urban governance : the case of Apia -- Women NGOs within the new governance agenda : are they still based on alofa? -- Are the matai 'out of time'? tradition and democracy : contemporary ambiguities and historical transformations of the concept of chief -- Civil and political liberty : the case of Samoa -- Local government in Samoa and the search for balance -- Talofa e Aiga, ua 'ai e lago le tofa! Village governance and development in Falelatai -- Governance, development and leadership in Polynesia : a microstudy from Samoa ER -