Tradition Versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa

(Part of the Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies Series)

by Stephanie Lawson

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This study analyzes the ways in which political elites use the idea of tradition to legitimize certain practices and institutions. Within this framework, case studies focus on constitutional development and the chiefly power in Fiji, the monarchy and the Pro-Democracy Movement in Tonga, and the political issues surrounding the move to universal suffrage in Western Samoa. The book provides a critical approach to the political implications of romanticizing...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521062810

ISBN13:9780521062817

Release Date:May 2008

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:244 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Elections & Political Process International Relations Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences

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