Dissertation Research: The Individualization of Land in American Samoa

论文研究：美属萨摩亚土地的个体化

• 批准号: 8704906
• 负责人: Ben Finney
• 金额: $ 0.86万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-09-01 至 1989-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8704906&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Individualization; Land; American

This research project will investigate the individualization of land in American Samoa, which is a consequence of social and economic changes following World War II. Specifically, the researcher will analyze the legal aspects of individual ownership in a society where communal land is protected by law, understand the process of individualization, the reaction of conservative individuals who call for a return to indigenous forms of land tenure, and the affects of changes on family organization. This project will contribute to our understanding of culture change by looking at a society and its traditional structures as it is transformed on becoming part of the world economic system. It will also contribute to our knowledge of the processes affecting land tenure and the attitudes and values which accompany change. This research will make a practical contribution as well as a theoretical contribution. Too little is known about land tenure and the social consequences of programs of agricultural and housing development. Since, the project will address world wide concerns of land alienation and access to food resources, it will provide information for policy development.

这项研究项目将调查美属萨摩亚的土地个人化，这是二战后社会和经济变化的结果。具体地说，研究人员将分析集体土地受法律保护的社会中个人所有权的法律方面，了解个人化的过程，呼吁回归土著土地保有制的保守派个人的反应，以及变化对家庭组织的影响。这个项目将通过观察一个社会及其传统结构来帮助我们理解文化变化，因为它在成为世界经济体系的一部分时发生了变化。它还将有助于我们了解影响土地保有权的进程以及伴随变化而来的态度和价值观。本研究既有理论上的贡献，也有实践上的贡献。人们对土地保有权以及农业和住房开发项目的社会后果知之甚少。由于该项目将解决全世界对土地异化和获取粮食资源的关切，它将为政策制定提供信息。