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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 »l suffrage in Western Samoa. The book provides a critical approach to the political implications of romanticizing non-Western cultural traditions, especially in terms of democratic development.« less