See wantokism on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1988, James Cook University of North Queensland Committee of South-East Asian Studies, Kabar Seberang, numbers 19-20, page 35",
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"ref": "2004, Frederick Errington, Deborah Gewertz, Yali's Question: Sugar, Culture, and History, page 197",
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"ref": "2007, Ronald James May, Conflict and Resource Development in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, page 102",
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"text": "2009, Sarah Dix, Emmanuel Pok, Combating Corruption in Traditional Societies: Papua New Guinea, Robert I. Rotberg, Corruption, Global Security, and World Order, page 249,\nOf course, wantokism, as it has been illustrated thus far, is not different from informal networks elsewhere in the world.[…]Traditionally, wantokism was rooted in custom, guided by natural laws, and informally enforced by the village.",
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