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Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific : Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa (Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies)
Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific Fiji Tonga and Western Samoa - Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies
Author: Stephanie Lawson
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 universa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521496384
ISBN-10: 0521496381
Publication Date: 1/26/1996
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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