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same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average
within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research
topics.
The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke.
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The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke
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Macpherson, C. B.. (2016). New directions in pacific social science: An editorial introduction. New Zealand sociology. 31(2). 2.1 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B., et al.. (2016). Ringing the Changes: Some Impacts of the Telecommunications Revolution in Pacific Villages. New Zealand sociology. 31(1). 127.1 indexed citations
Macpherson, C. B., et al.. (2011). Monetization and Tradition: Cash and Conciliation in Contempoarary Samoa. Pacific studies. 34(1). 35–63.1 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B.. (2008). Migration and Social Transformation in the Contemporary Pacific. New Zealand sociology. 23(1).2 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B., et al.. (2006). The Nature and Limits of Traditional Dispute Resolution Processes in Contemporary Samoa. Pacific studies. 29(1). 128–158.2 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B., et al.. (2005). The 'Ifoga': The Exchange Value of Social Honour in Samoa. Journal of the Polynesian Society. 114(2). 109–133.5 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B.. (2005). La teoría política del individualismo posesivo: de Hobbes a Locke. 144–146.15 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B.. (2002). From Moral Community to Moral Communities: The Foundations of Migrant Social Solidarity among Samoans in Urban Aotearoa/New Zealand. Pacific studies. 25(1). 71–93.5 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B.. (2001). Pacific Islanders. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 42(1). 27–33.1 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B.. (2000). Oasis or mirage: the farming of black pearl in the northern Cook Islands.. Pacific studies. 23(3). 33–55.8 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B.. (1999). Changing Contours of Kinship: The Impacts of Social and Economic Development on Kinship Organization in the South Pacific. Pacific studies. 22(2). 71–95.11 indexed citations
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Spoonley, Paul, David Pearson, & C. B. Macpherson. (1996). Nga patai : racism and ethnic relations in Aotearoa/New Zealand.90 indexed citations
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Spoonley, Paul, David Pearson, & C. B. Macpherson. (1991). Nga take : ethnic relations and racism in Aotearoa/New Zealand.54 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B.. (1988). THE ROAD TO POWER IS A CHAINSAW: VILLAGES AND INNOVATION IN WESTERN SAMOA. Pacific studies. 11(2). 1–24.10 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B., et al.. (1983). Nachruf auf die liberale Demokratie. Suhrkamp eBooks.2 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B.. (1979). By Innis Out of Marx: The Revival of Canadian Political Economy. Ctheory. 3(2). 134–138.4 indexed citations
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Macpherson, C. B., et al.. (1973). Die politische Theorie des Besitzindividualismus : von Hobbes bis Locke. Suhrkamp eBooks.10 indexed citations
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